So kind of you to congratulate my story! My story thanks you! ♥

Mom feels much better today. :D ♥

Ya know, I have 70-80ish female relatives that have the same tanning obsession. I'm guessing that it's because when they were in their 20s, tanning was relatively new. Women tanning before then was seen as low class or whorish, so it must have seemed really rebellious and edgy. It meant you were young. I think people can cling to those things.

Wow. You know, she only started doing it after her husband died. ;\ Hmm. Now I feel bad. No, wait, I don't. She's evil. She always cuts Mom's beloved flowers if they so much as touch her fence. >.<

For me, it's hard to figure out something to say that doesn't sound banal.

I always end up offering hugs and then I feel like a simplistic crazie.

With the caveat that if someone prods me for reviews and/or concrit, they'll get it.

Heh. If someone prods me, they'll get it. And they'll probably regret it. Honesty can be a bitch. :D