Retrospective at the Ripe Old Age of 38...
Hello, my name is (still) David Bonnardeaux. I am (still) married to Jillian Frumkin Bonnardeaux. I am (still) trailing my lovely wife as she rockets up the Foreign Service ladder to some day becoming the US Ambassador to... Liechtenstein... perhaps. And I am (not still...) 38 years of age. And I have a confession to make: it has been 6 years and 5 months since my last installment. And that one was a paltry five-liner to boot. I am ashamed. Aghast. Annoyed. Appalled. Aroused... Ok, ok, I am not the last one (at the moment...); just ran out of adjectives that began with A to describe how bad I am feeling for having allowed so much time to pass since my last Trials and Tribulations installment. Not that I have witnessed a single person/friend clamor at my feet begging me to write a new installment... So much has happened since then I don't know where to start? I have a grey hair on my chest?... [no, no. Can't start with THAT - that's worthy of the grand finale...] I a...