Were these — cough, sputter, cough — d... di.. dis... disco tunes?

I think that I discovered girls upon leaping from mommy’s womb.

And, in re mushy songs, I should admit that I love every mushy love song recorded by Nat ‘King’ Cole — I grew up playing his records left behind by my late mommy.

She was a big Sinatra fan, too. ALL women of her time were Sinatra fans, I think. Lately, my aunt and oldest cousin have been filling me with tidbits about my mom (killed when I was four). They both say that she was a dead-ringer (pun!) for the young Natalie Wood and, looking at her photos, I see the resemblance. They both agree that she was much smarter than the average bear and my cousin tells me that she had too much class and grace to have stayed anchored in the Oklahoma town of her birth.

Sigh. I think that I would have really liked my mom. I adored the man she married (um, my dad!).