Monday Gravy: AA Comes Home

My first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting was Saturday night.
Beloved daughter was celebrating two years of sobriety and asked Mommy to come to the party.  I was thrilled.
Whoa. It was a room full of tangible love. I’ve never experienced anything quite like it. Hugs all around.. genuine support.. people of varied backgrounds. I saw quickly there was [...]

Dave’s New Gig

Well, it’s official.. David Letterman is no longer single.  Truth be told, he’s been attached for a long time.. but until the final vows were said, I considered him fair game.. the mother of his young son notwithstanding.
I’ve loved him forever.. as long as I can remember knowing who he was.  And true, in later [...]

Monday Gravy: The New “Middle Age”

My friend turned 55 over the weekend.
He talked about being a senior citizen now.. at least in California.  He mentioned the upcoming “senior moments” he’d be experiencing.  I protested wildly.
“No!” I asserted. “I hate that term.  The only reason we can’t remember things as we age is because of all the stuff crammed into our [...]

Monday Gravy

I’ve been told the right brain never sleeps.  After all the facts and figuring of the day, the left brain says nighty-night, shuts down, and leaves the right half to ponder and muse.  This, supposedly, is the reason that often when we wake, we have ideas that didn’t occur to us the night before–the playful, [...]

13 Random Things I Know About Mothers

It’s been awhile.
I’m back to unload on whoever’s out there.. and might want to read what I write.
One of the notes going around Facebook lately is “25 Random Things About Me..”  a feast for the voyeur and tattler in all of us.
How about the same for mothers?  I say “mothers” rather than “parents” because, let’s [...]