Maureen Dowd's article on her mom, who just passed away

[nonews]

this is a must read, very good:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/weekinreview/24dowd.html?ei=5090&en=6242969469862e90&ex=1279857600&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

[mopaul]

1. what a woman

a little shot of bourbon and soda before retiring.

[Roxy66]

2. Very touching...This will come for all of us some day

[bushisanidiot]

3. Wow, thanks for passing that on.

Ms. Dowd has a lot to be proud of.

[quiet.american]

4. This is a great remembrance... and Maureen looks just like her....

My favorite part:

She wrote me relentlessly when I moved to New York in 1981 with everything from fashion tips ("Hang your necklaces inside your blouse so your bra will catch them if the clasp breaks") to strategy on breakups ("Put all his pictures in a place you won't see them, preferably the trash") to health tips ("I hope you will never take a drink when you are unhappy. It would break my heart to think you had become a jobless derelict, an easy prey for unscrupulous men, me dead, and a family who held you in contempt because you had tossed aside your beauty, youth and talent.").

:)

[jojo54]

5. Very poignant.....

I especially like this part: Her sense of taste was gone, and she could no longer speak, but she nodded, game as ever, just to show us you can have life even in death.

[goclark]

6. Thanks for sharing!

[nonews]

7. just re-read it again

This is really a great article----MODS--can you put up a "tack" to let it run a few days? Thanks.

[supernova]

8. What a lovely elegy to her mom

Sorry for your loss, Maureen. :hug: It happens to us all. She sounds like a lovely woman.

[NewWaveChick1981]

9. Thanks for sharing that

Maureen wrote a fitting tribute to her mom. :)

[theboss]

10. What a unique lady...

DC doesn't have enough natives to lose one like this.

[Flying Dream Blues]

11. Wonderful....kick nt

[Catfight]

12. Excellent read, it made me want to cry. What a great mom. nt