The DNA Gets You Every Time

Judging by notes written many, many years ago, Fio did quite a bit of car-pooling and volunteering in her day. She was also at her kids' school a lot more than the teachers probably wanted her to be. Although her boys didn't mind, her daughter did--Daughter was furious when Fio brought her forgotten lunch to the elementary school, and again when Fio showed up at a junior high awards ceremony when she was an honoree.
     Hmm...Fiorella may have showed up more than her own mother ever did because she could drive, which her mother couldn't. Also because as a child, she was jealous of the kids whose mothers did visit school.
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Fiorella took notes during vacations and road trips too, and she's planning to make copies of them for the kids for their own horror and enjoyment. She won't be handing out copies of her notes about Mom's last years, though. Mother could be vicious, maybe because of her own pain.
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Digging through her past, Fiorella's also came across the name of a high school friend who became a college friend. Carolyn Evans had divorced her husband, changed her name to Katya McCall, and picked up a new last name (Walter), then, as far as Fio could tell, has drifted off to double-bubble land when he died.
     Can't help but wonder if she's still alive under any name.
     L'envoi: Strangely enough, her mother and Fio's father became great friends when the two of them were in a home for the elderly together.
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Some of the things Fiorella is digging out from the mess are heartbreaking, but she's also found a few gems like this one:
Can't control
What I do or say
Don't blame me
It's the DNA