Enough, enough about the bag lady syndrome. If I end up broke I’m sure I’ll think of a way to work through it. If it’s good enough for Maxine, it’s good enough for me! :-)

I didn’t hear Dr. Laura, but I know sometimes she says something sarcastic and everyone quotes it as if she really meant it as advice. My guess is she was either being mocking of the situation or just attempting to get her ratings up. In any case, whatever Dr. L. says should mean nothing to Silda or any of us who have lived life long enough to empathize with the situation.

Last year my brother and I helped move my 88-year-old mother to her new smaller home and it took us all summer to pack up everything because everything had a story. We were like one of the organizing shows where there are 3 bins - keep, give away, throw away. One would think that experience would help me to organize my own stuff - well, I think about it a lot, and sometimes I’ll make a grand effort to clean out one closet and donate what I don’t use. But I suppose we all try to hold onto life by keeping objects that will trigger old memories. I just hope I can pare it down so that someday it doesn’t take my kids over a weekend to sort it all out.