We had my Mom over yesterday for barbecue and cake on her birthday. Thought about this last week and with Paco’s support on getting barbecue stuff organized this was very easy. My Mother and I don’t always blend well. She did manage to interject a non-sequitur comment about a child she gave up for adoption before I was born but as Paco just let it go by without comment (as did I) this was a brief ripple in anotherwise quiet visit.