Debra Lally

That brings me a lot of comfort.

She always has this positive veneer.

So when she went on to open up about the shitty things going on, she admitted her frustration of feeling like a burden and her disappointment with my mother.

all things we had never discussed before.

So then I cried.

Even though it was due to me saying this possibly batshit crazy thing, we were definitely being real.

Discussing her mother seemed to open the door to discuss her daughter with me for the first time in an honest way.

It also confirmed that there was still an unbreakable motherly thread of love and human dignity in the nonstop soap opera that is my family.

We heard that.

We heard.

We were finally able to discuss a painful and unwelcome elephant in the room that seemed to taint every conversation I had with Gigi as an adult.

It felt like we could finally move past what had been left unsaid.

Since then, we've been able to talk more honestly about anything.

I can call her for wisdom anytime.

That is, when she isn't too busy entertaining her neighbors or enjoying a bootlegged margarita.

What an absolute eyeball.

Mimi's visit seemed to have healed us both.

I've attached some photos of Mimi and her epic bob below.

How?

I love a good bob.