How the Hell Should I Know? Searching for Answers, According to Mom

Asking my mother direct questions often was as unsatisfactory as asking my father. The difference was that Mom’s answers were funny. For instance, there was that time I asked her how my name was pronounced. I had struggled with this problem for years, settling on the simplest form: Deb. When Mom was in her seventies […]

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Happy Birthday, Mom! If I Had One More Day…

Today would have been my mother’s 93rd birthday. It’s been over a decade since she passed, but if I could have just one more day with her, I know exactly how we’d spend it. First, we’d pile all four of my grandchildren into the car and head straight to the Townhouse Diner in Hamden, CT. […]

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