Miriam E Costilow

When I was well-behaved, I was “Miriam Eddy”, said with a smile.  When I WASN’T well-behaved, it was “Mir-I-am Ed-dy!” (which is the one I heard the most), said with a VERY distinct intonation.  Mir-I-am Ed-dy!  I had to be Miriam Eddy, because three generations lived in our house, and my mother was Miriam, of…