Mother's Day Reprise: In Praise of Patti Weir

Johnny Weir and his mom, Patti, in Times SquareFrom an interview with Outsports.com, September 2009
I first wrote this entry on March 12, but since more readers have discovered the blog recently, today seemed the perfect day to repost for any who might have missed it earlier.

This started out as an open letter to Johnny's mom, Patti Weir, a woman I admire so much that there aren't even words for

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A Different Kind of Mother's Day Story

My kids as I always picture them:Alice, age 5, and Davey, age 1.I adore our children. They are really wonderful people,and they pretty much arrived here that way.I just tried not to screw them up.
Tomorrow will be the first Mother's Day I have ever spent without my mother.

That fact has been on my mind a great deal lately, and it evokes a powerful mix of emotions in me. Because sadly, not

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