keep passing the open windows

Saturday I was taking a nap (surprising, no?, considering one of my loves is a full nights sleep) following my son’s 13th birthday slumber party.  I woke up to a message from my sister, Melody (the one who married her stalker), that said “Big News!”  I thought, hmmm… did she get married in a bar downtown last night?  Nope, couldn’t be, not divorced yet.  Second thought, she won some money?  I called her on my cell phone, doing that getting-dressed-with-one-arm-holding-the-cell-phone thing, because Reagan and I were going to the Festival of Lights with a friend.  She answers her phone, sounding elated and said “MOM LEFT DAD!”