“That Bank Closed in the ’80s,” My Father Scoffed—The Account Was Very Much Still There

fortune at the time. “Everyone thought we were crazy,” he said, “putting that money in the bank instead of enjoying it. But Rose and I decided we’d rather have security than stuff.”

The wedding was where everything came to a head. Naomi and I got married on a Saturday afternoon in June five years ago, a small ceremony at an old barn converted into an continue reading …