Thu, 08:27: Sometimes I get notifications on Flickr of people "liking" the seemingly most random photos from ages ago . . . like this morning: one of my mom, with a cigarette, September 2005. https://t.co/4AQR1YlAsu
Incidentally, to my utter astonishment (she had smoked since she was 9), she actually stopped smoking in 2014, about a month after her first major stroke, with the help of Chantix. It was the most impressive thing I ever saw her do.
It's jarring sometimes to get unexpected, random reminders of Mom, two years after her death. I would not have had this in mind at the time, when she just looked like "normal Mom" to me, but I clicked on the photo this morning and couldn't help thinking about how good she looks here. She looks happy.
Side note: it's usually not hard to figure out what's in an old picture that's making some rando like it on Flickr. I went to the Flickr profile of the person who "liked" this photo, and he has no photos of his own uploaded to his account. You can see a feed of all the photos a person has liked, though, and this guy's ... all photos of women smoking.
I guess, to some people at least, even after death ... Mom's still got it? Good for her!
Thu, 11:47: As of today my favorite spectacular typo is the one just sent to me in a store email: "assribute"
Thu, 14:40: OMG you guys I forgot to tell you the big news this morning! Shanti jumped up onto the counter on her own for the first time in like three years. I’m so proud of her! Also this quick photo I snapped of her turned out great. https://t.co/5QLKGBTTDo
