A Middle Aged Woman Gets on Board--In Two Wheeled StyleBy: Mary Fran BontempoI’m definitely regressing.With each passing birthday, though I’m physically a year older, mentally, even emotionally, it’s a different story.I’m not talking about senility, yet, though I have my share of what’s euphemistically referred to as “senior moments.” You know the ones—mid-sentence you can’t remember what you were talking about; you walk into a room and suddenly you don’t remember why you [...]

 A Middle Aged Woman Parties on Independence DayBy:  Mary Fran BontempoHow are you celebrating Independence Day? I think I’m going to celebrate Independence Day this year by not exercising several of the freedoms guaranteed me by our country’s Declaration of Independence and Constitution.As an American, I have the right to carry a gun, through some questionable interpretation of the founding fathers’ decree that we citizens have the “right to bear arms.” Supposedly, there [...]

A Middle Aged Woman Laughs at Life--and DadsBy:  Mary Fran BontempoI opened the bathroom door to find my husband sitting on the side of the bed.“What are you doing?” I asked.“Oh, just being a dad,” he replied.“What do you mean ‘just being a dad’?” “I’m waiting my turn.”“Waiting your turn for what? What are you talking about?”“I’m waiting my turn to use a bathroom. All of them were occupied.”“Okay, I get that, but [...]