There are dark times and then there are rays of light

So I’m all alone in the apartment, straightening the front room getting it ready for My Kid’s piano lesson.  I’ve been such a psycho freak about it that I have driven My Kid and The Husband off to the diner for lunch without me.  I’m feeling that my life is out of control because the apartment is out of control and why am I the one who is somehow responsible for all of our household objects when I am so very unsuited to the task.  And I’m listening to NPR because what else would I be listening to and I’m listening to The Moth Radio Hour because that’s what’s on and Darryl “DMC” McDaniels from Run-DMC is on talking about how he was a closet Sarah McLachlan fan because the song “Angel” on the album “Surfacing” saved his life when he was in a deep depression.  And they met.  And he called her “God”.  And some years later they did a project together.  And what they have in common is that they were both adopted and didn’t find out until they were adults.  I love stories like that.  I also liked Dee Snider from Twisted Sister after he went on David Letterman and told the story of how he knew his parents had done their best to show that they accepted his chosen lifestyle when they gave him the gift of a top of the line Samsonite make-up case.