[bkcunningham1]

MelZ, I remember your goodbye to New York story. Your words of love about the beautiful Brooklyn College co-ed you married after that date in Chinatown and dessert and coffee at La Bella Ferrara in Little Italy are beautiful.

It touched me to read how you celebrated your new beginning by crossing Canal Street again for dessert at the site of your first date. Now that is a true princess fairy tale come true story.

I'd like to offer you my twist on an old Irish blessing: In years to come, as you wake up with warmth of the sun or the sound of the rain, may the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past.