It started innocently. I put a dancing bears sticker on the back of my pickup truck to express my love for the Grateful Dead. Then I added a Marian “Call Your Mother” sticker, a dry reminder ...

Riding around my hometown I often see bumper stickers that say, I ️ this or that. It means I love this or that ... where ...

She is more protective of me in some ways than my own mother. I treasure the mums of my friends who love to natter and make me a cup of tea and ask me, “How are you feeling?” and give me a hug.