suzzy

my mom is doing really well, recovering.
i thought it would be nice to do something cool for her 70th birthday which is coming up in april. one of our favorite bands is the roches. i went to their website and clicked on a link that said "bookings." i sent an e-mail saying that my mom was turning 70 and was there any chance we could book the roches to play at the birthday party. i expected maybe to hear back from an agent or an assistant-- in a week or two.
the next day i got an e-mail from suzzy saying she loved texas but it was expensive to travel there and that they weren't really a "party band." then she said, by the way, when is your mom's birthday?
i was awestruck to have an e-mail from suzzy roche in my mailbox. i mean, this is the woman who wrote "the train" ! (among many others.)
i wrote back and said that mom's birthday was april 2 and there were four of us siblings to split the cost and that we'd really love to have them and could she give me an estimate.
within about 15 minutes, she wrote back to say they'd be in england on april 2, and besides, it would break her heart to have me and my siblings pay to have the roches come down and play for us.
not exactly the happiest ending of a story, but an exciting story nonetheless. and maybe, just maybe, we're not at the ending of the story yet. who knows?