Low intensity blogging week

You might call this week a low intensity, or well, no intensity blogging week for me. My mother is doing much better. (Wahoo!) I'm taking some time to unplug and recharge. Odd how the battery metaphor has been turned on it's head in the 24-hour-a-day media frenzy that is the 21st century. You have to literally unplug yourself from the world in order to take a breath and charge your batteries.

And so it goes...

Where the heck have I been?

I was AWOL for a bit as I dealt with an unexpected health problem of my mother's. She's 82, and that makes every health hick-up a bit scary, at least for me. The good news is that after many tests, the doctors have proclaimed that a bit of medication will solve the problem, and that all will be well -- at least for the time being. Among the biggest issues that still have to be resolved, though, is whether she will be able to drive again.

All of this leaves me to ponder what my own old age will be like, and to think about how my life might change if I have to become my Mom's full-time chauffeur. Worst of all, I find myself thinking about how I'm going to feel when she dies because that day is surely coming.

My mother is mentally sharp and generally fit, but this issue of aging parents is one that all of us must face, particularly us fiftysomethings. Frankly, I don't feel like facing it. I feel like throwing a tantrum. I want to be the kid again! Damn.

Busy, busy, busy

By Diane Silver

I've been swamped with writing deadlines and other activities and apologize for neglecting this blog. I definitely owe a correspondent one post I promised rounding up some lesbian and gay opinions of Barack Obama vs. Hillary Clinton. Apologies! That will come soon.

Meanwhile, thanks much to my co-bloggers Nancy Jane Moore (yay Texas!) for keeping the home fires burning and to Pamela Taylor who will soon make a renewed appearance.