Mary currently is a resident of Naples, Florida and lives with her husband of 48 years and her little Maltese, Freddie.  Her husband, George is semi-retired and she spends her days thinking up good things for George and Freddie to do.  She enjoys working on new recipes, studying natural medicine and good nutrition and the arts.

Mary is a school teacher who has majored in child psychology and early childhood education. She graduated with a B.A. from Hunter College in New York City and taught school in Hicksville, New York and Milburn, New Jersey.  She and her husband have lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Houston, Texas, Westport, Connecticut and Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

George and Mary have two children and three grandchildren who live in Texas and Indiana.  Over the years Mary has developed many friends and experiences from all her travels and is not shy about providing her observations and opinions of motherhood, the pop culture, and the synergies and conflicts of the generations.