I had the good fortune to meet and have tea with Ring Lardner, Jr. and his wife Frances Chaney in the late 90's when they lived in an apartment on Central Park West. I had met Frances, and she thought I was brave because I had left a company that had asked me to to something I felt was unethical. Though I had a very lowly position, she s…
I had the good fortune to meet and have tea with Ring Lardner, Jr. and his wife Frances Chaney in the late 90's when they lived in an apartment on Central Park West. I had met Frances, and she thought I was brave because I had left a company that had asked me to to something I felt was unethical. Though I had a very lowly position, she still gave me credit for courage and invited me for tea, which is how I met Ring.
They were both quite elderly, but sharp as a tack, and so very gracious!
I was thrilled because I knew a lot of their history (Frances was an actress and was also blacklisted by Hollywood during McCarthy reign), and they were heroes to me.
I knew I was unworthy of the credit they gave me, but what it did was make me want to be worthy of their high opinion of me.
Though I have done nothing noteworthy in the larger world, I have always striven to maintain my integrity. And I think I have succeeded in that.
When your heroes think well of you, it truly inspires you to desire and strive to be worthy!
I will always love them for that, as well as their own far greater courage and integrity.❤️❤️
I had the good fortune to meet and have tea with Ring Lardner, Jr. and his wife Frances Chaney in the late 90's when they lived in an apartment on Central Park West. I had met Frances, and she thought I was brave because I had left a company that had asked me to to something I felt was unethical. Though I had a very lowly position, she still gave me credit for courage and invited me for tea, which is how I met Ring.
They were both quite elderly, but sharp as a tack, and so very gracious!
I was thrilled because I knew a lot of their history (Frances was an actress and was also blacklisted by Hollywood during McCarthy reign), and they were heroes to me.
I knew I was unworthy of the credit they gave me, but what it did was make me want to be worthy of their high opinion of me.
Though I have done nothing noteworthy in the larger world, I have always striven to maintain my integrity. And I think I have succeeded in that.
When your heroes think well of you, it truly inspires you to desire and strive to be worthy!
I will always love them for that, as well as their own far greater courage and integrity.❤️❤️
They passed it on to you and you have done your best whenever it mattered. That's success, Cheryl.
Lucky you to meet them.