I couldn't believe my ears when mom dropped the bomb shell.

“You're old, mom. You can't just walk out of the house for the first time since dad left and get a boyfriend. That's weird, mom!”

“Lydia, why does it bother you that much? Let me live a little. Just because your father left doesn't mean I get to be miserable and cry over him for the rest of my life. If your sister was here, she would agree with me”

My mother was well over her middle fifties, but she had no plans to rest in the dating game. I thought she left it behind thirteen years ago when...