Dear Diary:
I'm a New Yorker who lives in Charlottesville, Va. Even as the children grew up here, I wanted to make sure that they felt connected to the City - so, Yankees and Giants and frequent family visits.
A long time ago now, when our son was 5 or 6 and we were leaving the Arms and Armor Court at the Met, I asked him if he wanted to say goodbye to the knights. He turned and said in the sweetest possible voice, “Goodbye, knights, see you another day!â€
I have really enjoyed these last 10 years of visits to my son, the New Yorker, as he studied at the New School, started a career, planned a wedding and now an imminent move to Virginia to join my business.
On one of his last days in the City I received a not completely unexpected text: “Said goodbye to the knights.â€
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