Consciously Speaking

This Memorial Episode is dedicated to my mother, Billie Sue Borgmeyer, and includes a very personal look at my deepest "Why". Not the "Start with Why" that Simon Sinek made famous in his book with that title, but the deeper WHY that set me on a journey far from home in search of something of which I more frequently doubt the importance. While I challenge you to take up the question for yourself, I also want you to know that I offer no real answers here. It is something I am still exploring on my own. My mother was born with the name of Billie Sue, but grew up being called "Lizzie", "Billie" or just plain "Sue" - though she was always far from plain. She became Billie Sue Neeley when she married Bill Neeley, the brother of her best friend, Billie Sue Neeley (later Throneberry)... and this was just the start of the craziness that really was the essence of our family. Together they had six children, Theresa Sue, Larry Allan (deceased), Gary David (aka "Peewee"), William Paul (deceased - Season 2, Episode 251), M