2013 in the Rear-View Mirror
A nod to Mac Davis in the title of this post! Good-bye, 2013 and Hello, 2014. I was tempted to type "and Good Riddance" in reference to 2013, but that wouldn't really be accurate. I owe a great deal to 2013. In Dickensian terms, I owe him, just as I owe his older brothers, for the lessons they have taught me, when I was willing to learn. The sudden death of my mother in 2004 set in motion years of chaos for my family and me. There are major private events and revelations I can't speak of because they aren't just my stories and I am still processing and dealing with them. Such is life, though, isn't it? From 2005 to 2010, my life revolved getting care for my father, becoming his legal guardian, managing his affairs, including properties, in two states, all while mothering children from newborns to grade schoolers. At the age of 33, I stood in a buffet restaurant, frozen i...
