• A Love Letter to my Mother

       As we all know, Mothers’ Day is Sunday.  An important day despite those who chalk it up to a Hallmark fabrication.  What could be more valuable than honoring the woman who brought you into the world?  For me, that woman is Bonnie Dickinson Huntley.  AKA, Bonnie Lou.  In terms of mother-daughter similarities, there aren’t many.  She is a petite five feet tall, has dark hair, blue eyes and a sweet, effervescent demeanor.  Me, not so much.  I’m 5’-7”, fair, brown-eyed, feisty and ambitious.  She would tell you that comes from my father (and she’d be right).  But because of our differences, I think we have a more dynamic perspective…