Numero UnoAs I said, my first marriage lasted nearly eighteen years and produced three children. Then he divorced me. My second marriage produced one more child and a lot of stress, including the fact that my second husband was an active alcoholic, and we were often close to destitute. Both husbands were verbally and emotionally abusive. I had no defenses, or self-value, with which to combat this. The saving grace of that period was going to Al-Anon and Adult Children of Alcoholics. The principles there became my lifeline.
Frank, Numero Uno, and I were married in the new chapel at Saint James on Grosse Ile, Michigan. My mom’s friend made the gown. It was satin and had a sweetheart neckline. She asked, “Do you like it?” And I said, “It’s awful pretty!” I was thrilled with it. Later my mom
