The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

by Griffin Dunne

That made perfect sense to me and was the first time I considered that failure could also be looked upon as success, an insight I would draw on for encouragement when faced with future disappointments.

Her detachment from my feelings was an early symptom of MS, one that over the coming years would extend to her friends, making communication so impossible they stopped coming by. But at that moment, she at least still had a sense of humor, and even though I was a little hurt, I laughed at her droll comment and never mentioned my letters again.