perhaps i'm trying to fulfill the entire comm arts mission statement in one sitting

Requested by my mom to come home after work instead of staying out until the wee hours of the morning, we drove around fulfilling many errands and then had quality time at a favorite bar. Sitting, sipping, talking, weeping--we had one of the most truthful and heartfelt conversations of our relationship. And while the demons of her past and the demons of my present don't necessarily coincide, and neither is everything healed or even finished being discussed, we're at least on a similar path towards reconciliation.