Driving to Fremont, my new David Cassidy CD was BLASTING in my white mom-van.
I LOVE listening to him in the car because his voice gets all over me like chocolate.

And I started thinking about what I looked like in that van.
I look like a mom.
Mom’s drive vans.

But I AM a mom.
I’m a 45 year old fat old mom.

But I FEEEEEEEEEL like a 30 year old taller and thinner person in a
THUNDERBIRD.
A Ford T-Bird…..one of the new ones from a few years ago.

Would I still be a Mom in THAT car?

Tickets. Simple tickets.

Tickets to Meet David Cassidy.
And I stood in line. And got more nervous. And kinda dizzy.
It’s silly.
The whole thing was silly. But silly as it was, I was in line to meet David Cassidy.
With other people who wanted to meet him and talk to him and just be with him.
To remember a more innocent time. A time that was very different from today. Back in the early 70′s.
When we got on the bus every Friday night with the Partridge Family.
And I spent all my babysitting money on teen magazines and my pink bedroom was covered with David Cassidy posters.
And I kissed them good-night.
And I dreamed about him.
And never stopped thinking about what it would be like to meet him.
But never even THINKING it would ever happen.
But I was in line.
To meet and greet David Cassidy.

And he shook my hand and said,
"Happy Mother’s Day, Sweetheart".
And I said it was very special to me to meet him.
And I was truly in shock.
And it was over.
And then this 56 year old man did a 90 minute concert and he held my hand twice.

And for a few hours, I was back on the bus.
Filled with happiness and innocence and disbelief that I had met him.

And my very FAVORITE man took 218 photos so I could remember the day. He doesn’t understand the infatuation, but he accepts that I like him. And that’s all he needs to know.
What a lucky, lucky girl I am.

my baby is 20 today.
How cool is THAT!
She came over and we watched a movie together and she made a Birthday Tart and Pita Bread from SCRATCH!!!

Maria Elisabeth Sully

Baby Toes.
The baptism was at "the farm" and was very special. Very meaningful without being stuffy. Lots of kids and movement and talking and loving. The kids here are swirling the Baptism Water a bit. They loved it. The room got very quiet while they did this important job.

And Maria was baptized.

And everyone shouted "ALLELULIA"!!!

Twenty Two years ago today I started my post-college career.
In Blair, Nebraska.
At the Enterprise Building, working for the new company that Mark Rhoades was making, Enterview Cable News.
And I loved my new job. And my new apartment. And my new friends. And my new town.

And I stayed.
Twenty Two years now.