As many in the United States (and other parts of the world) get ready to celebrate Mother's Day this weekend, your humble host is staring down the first without his Mom. Yours truly reflects on his mother's life, the agonizing last weeks thereof, and how he's been faring since the tragic news of her passing.

Sign up to give blood: http://www.redcross.org

Donate in my Mom's memory: The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Donor Services PO Box 4072 Pittsfield, MA 01202 Donate online: http://www.lls.org

Closing song: "Times Like These" By The Foo Fighters (Grohl/Hawkins/Mendel/Shiflett)

In memory of Lois Bullett, 1946-2017; love you, Mom...