Here, Richard ~

I've got a spare shoulder ... lean over here an let the tears flow.
Maybe we can swap Mom Tails ... both of our Moms led pretty full and interesting lives.

Did you ever take your Mom to see the Fireworks on the 4th of July?
Cinder, Smokey, and I were visiting Mom on the day Upper St Clair was going to
shoot off a big community display. I asked Mom if she'd like to go ...
Even though she was almost blind, she thought it would be fun to go.
We signed out of the Village and all piled into da Bus ... Me, Mom, and the two
unsuspecting Dawgs. We parked among Thousands at the South Hills Village Mall
and aimed the bus towards the hillside south of the Center.

Darkness came, the Mall killed most of the parking lot lights, and the Show started.
Mom had a blast - "Ooohin and Awwwwin" with each aerial ...
while the back-seat crowd closed their eyes and huddled together with the
occasional *whiiine or whimper* if a really 'loud one' went off.

OK Richard - your turn.

Oh, the Extra Glass? ~~~ That one's for Your Mom ... I'll bet she joins us.

BIG {{{Hugs}}}, Bud!