Something’s Got To Give
I finished the show this morning with a brief mention that my mom died 32 years ago today. She had leukemia, but that's not what killed her. The chemo destroyed so much of her insides that the doctor wanted to give her a colostomy bag. My mom didn't confide in me about her medical issues (her flawed reasoning was that she didn't want us to worry), so all these years later, I still struggle with the facts. But she did tell me that she refused the surgery. She wouldn't get the bag because she didn't want to be [...]