started to fold and I told her to stop, as I would do it. You guessed it, I had had it with her and we had words. Finally I told Frank,“It’s either her or me.” He chose her and they went to NYC to the Waldorf- Astoria. I called my mom crying, so she and her friend Pat drove me to Stamford, CT to my Uncle Jack’s. Frank’s father was a sweetheart of a guy. I loved him and he loved me. He was a terrific artist, although that was not his line of work. He was easy going and full of fun and smiles. Debbie inherited his talent. One day we received terrible news that he had been diagnosed as having a brain tumor and we all were devastated. He was operated on at the University of Pennsylvania hospital where they cut his whole skull from forehead to back and found it was like a web all throughout and nothing else could be done. We all were there and the only one he woke up to speak to was me. He was always so jovial. One Christmas, I decided to get a holiday job at the Globe Department Store in Scranton wrapping Christmas gifts so that I could buy Frank a gift. He did not give me very much money. I bought him a good set of golf clubs with the money I earned. That was the beginning of the end. Before the clubs, we all would go to church every Sunday. After the clubs, he would leave at 6 am and golf until 12 or 1pm, come home, eat dinner, and go to sleep --- every weekend and sometimes after work during the week. We never saw him. One day I had a major melt down. I cannot remember what started it that day, but I went bonkers. I started screaming at the top of my lungs for him to get out. We now were living in the other half of my mom’s double house. I kept screaming louder and louder and he got scared and got out. We then separated for 9 months. I had had it! During that 9 months I dated other people whom I met through my friend Gloria Fleming’s husband., Skip. I had a great time for the first time in my life. Frank had an awakening and tried to court me, but I felt it was too late. He begged and pleaded and started to
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