If you haven't met Reva Shayne yet, make an appointment for 3:00 (2:00 Central) on CBS and prepare to be dazzled.  She left Oklahoma for Springfield in the early eighties and Revanone of us have ever been the same.  Ok, I know.  Some of you have already zoned out and/or are about to click away because you consider yourself "above" soaps.  Get over yourself and check her out.  She's married Josh (a.k.a. Bud) her lifelong soul-mate three times.  In her attempts to catch Josh, she's also married his brother Billy, and his dad H.B..  She's even snagged the local kajillionnaire extraordinaire, Alan Spaulding.

But her husbands aren't even the half of it.  What makes her a true heroine is her ability to take care of business with poise and chutzpah.  She has handled her children, her home, her television show, cancer, amnesia, death, cloning (yes, amnesia, death and cloning) all with a candor and courage.  She knows when to keep her mouth shut and when to blab it, when to save a desparate son, and when to kill an ailing ex-husband.  This is a chick we all should know and have in our corner. 

Don't get me started on the current storyline with Josh and Cassie.  Along with everyone else watching Guiding Light, I'm more than disconcerted with that one.  Honestly, though, it only highlights Kim Zimmer's flexibility as an actress.  She has certainly earned the Emmy and star status.  Who else could have made it through the decades of writers on this show?  Having to talk to Annie as a ghost?  Or thinking her name was Rebecca and living with the Amish?  What about keeping Dolly, her clone, alive in the pool house all those weeks?

Miracle of miracles, however, breaking entertainment news has it that Jonathan is returning to Springfield in '08.  How CBS lured Tom Pelphrey back to the show, I'll never know.  But he has all the makings of a star, and Guiding Light (along with his mum, Reva) is better for it.  Along with Jonathan's return, here are my wishes for Reva in '08:

  • That Josh will snap out of this funk and leave Cassie
  • That Mara and Shayne will return to shower their mother with the adoration she deserves
  • That she does NOT go on a ridiculous fad diet and lose her curves 
  • That she and Olivia can find peace  (They would make and unstoppable pair.)
  • That she will keep her keen fashion sense  (I'm getting amazing ideas from her wardrobe!) 

If I haven't made the case strongly enough, find out for yourself.  Susan Whoocci?  Kim and Reva are the girls to watch.  For more details, find both their biographies and daily recaps on:  www.soapcentral.com/gl