My friend, Newscoma reflects on becoming an adult:
There are those official moments when you know you’ve been tossed into adultdom and you know it. Illness of a parent or making long-term lifetime commitments are the obvious choices of when we do “Crap, I’m a damned adult. Get me out of here.”
And, her post on the upcoming anniversary of her mother’s death is not to be missed.
As I’ve said lots of time here, I was catapulted into the world of adulthood when my mother was diagnosed with cancer. Funny, though, until then, I had no idea I wasn’t and adult. …read more

My friend, Newscoma, has a touching post on the 9th anniversary of her mother’s death.
I may be 41, but you never get over losing a parent. The cancer she had was really horrible and we saw this lovely, vibrant woman disintegrate before our eyes over a period of 14 months.
Go read the rest.