Revisiting Ruby
A few weeks ago, my Snopes .com newsletter offered the following: (I've provided two links, one or the other should get you there.) Click here: snopes .com: Dolores Aguilar Obituary http://www.snopes.com/media/iftrue/obituary.asp I read it and naturally tho't , "How sad." And it made me remember my own mother and wonder about Dolores Aguilar. Since yesterday would have been my mother's 83rd birthday and tomorrow would have been her 62 nd wedding anniversary, today seems like a good day to blog. My mother was complex. But I guess we all are. To quote Bro. Tyler Walea , 'I object to the term 'dysfunctional' to refer to people or families, because it implies that somewhere, someone is fully functional." That is true. We are all 'dysfunctional' by SOMEONE'S standards, and that is what makes us normal, I suspect. I frequently recommend the movie "The Joy Luck Club" to people. Women, especially!, can probably 'get it...