
My Virgo mother was unfailingly kind and helpful, putting others’ needs ahead of her own. Everyone loved her. Especially the folks at San Diego High, where she worked as principal’s secretary for many years.…

My Virgo mother was unfailingly kind and helpful, putting others’ needs ahead of her own. Everyone loved her. Especially the folks at San Diego High, where she worked as principal’s secretary for many years.…

My high school friends joke that one of us had the boobs, another had the butt, and I had the belly. Countless sit-ups, diets and colon cleanses never succeeded in flattening that part of me, as my father enjoyed pointing out.…