is what she would always say to people. She had a wonderful life, and she would be the first one to tell you that. “Robert's very successful,” she would gloat, “so successful that I don't have to work if I don't want to. Oh, I'm not a housewife, at least not like those women that sit at home all day and watch ‘Oprah.’ No, I prefer the news; keeps me up to date and all that.” Then she would go silent for awhile and not say anything to anyone. She seemed to act that way a lot. She was the prom queen in high school. Well, the runner-up actually, but Jenny McCaffrey had her period that week and wasn't up to the task of riding on the float, so by default she was the prom queen. And she never let you forget that either. “My older daughter Vicky is just like I was when I was her age, so beautiful and special. She says I'm her most special friend,” she would say with a radiant look on her face. “I'm very proud of her.”
