Etheridge rediscovers love

[kweerwolf]

(From a piece in USA Today about Melissa Ethridge)

Flash-forward to the present day. Nearly a year after her diagnosis, Etheridge, 44, is curled up on her green velvet couch, reflecting on her life. She is typically makeup-free, wearing a frayed T-shirt and cargo pants. Her hair has grown a few inches, and she loves it, she says, running her hands through the choppy new growth.

There's a lot to love these days.

She's cancer-free; the tumor was caught early. She'll release a greatest-hits album on Oct. 4 that includes two new original songs. And she says she's deeply in love.

Etheridge bounds up to greet her partner, Tammy Lynn Michaels, when she walks in the door carrying orange roses for their big country-style home tucked within a gated community in the golden hills of Southern California.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2005-09-20-etheridge_x.htm

You go, girl! She grew up close enough to Kansas City that I can call her a hometown girl. I'm glad to see she's cancer-free and in a relationship (even if I like her sad ballads best).

[cwydro]

1. she's great

glad to hear she is doing well...still love that performance last year (was it last year?) at the Grammy's