QMusings

Throughout my life I’ve heard reports on my mom’s aging process.
One thing that has remained constant is her belief that that the younger you are, the juicier you are. Therefore, you dry up as you get older.
She has this idea that we start life as grapes and end up as raisins.
She would point out various [...]

“A girl with good looks is like a guy with money.”
So sayeth my mom.

“Beauty is like social currency, the more you have, and the more popular you are.”
My mom was quite the hottie in her day.  She’s still pretty cute but when she was younger?
Dang.
My mom is like most attractive women – she feels her [...]

I love Christmas songs.

Jingle Bells, Winter Wonderland, chestnuts roasting, nothing stirring…
I haven’t had a Christmas tree in years but I recall the glittery twinkly tinsely wonder I had at the Christmas tree we put up when I was a kid.
A REAL tree.
With REAL tinsel (almost like aluminum foil) that mom saved (neatly) year after year.
Dad [...]