Scheherazade

They call me ‘the lady of a thousand stories’. I have a story for every occasion. Weddings, babies, work, home, bar mitzvahs, christenings… you name it, I have a story for it. Most will make you smile or laugh. A couple might make you cry but I don’t often relate those stories.

“They’re not true,' my kids tease. “She just makes them up.'

Ah! But they are true. When you get to my age, they are all you have. Some people call them memories but I call them stories.

All true, every single one of them. Well, almost every one.

Anne Deborah Taylor Merits