Status Updates From Lucky

“When you get into your sixties, if you are a decent person and you live in a democracy, you feel responsible for a lot of things.”

“Mom and I knew that there was chaos out in the world— she wept when JFK was assassinated, and, seeing her, I did, too. But for some reason, we had gone back to feeling sheltered by our brick house, by the trees in the park across the street, by the stability of our weekly dinners at Grandmother’s house and the monthly feast at Uncle Drew’s.”