Ever feel like you’re the poster child for Erma Bombeck’s ever-popular book title, “If Life is a Bowl of Cherries Then What Am I Doing in the Pits?” I caught myself feeling really sad this afternoon. At the close of every school year, when I’m incredulous at how quickly another 10 months has passed, I always reminisce about my childhood and my mom; I guess I’m really missing her. In that reflective moment I received a phone call that an extremely close family friend had passed away. I felt so overwhelmed that I was literally left on the … [Read more...]