To Be Continued

Todays installment is a nod to Norman Lear. Supposedly he signed all of his e-mails with "To be continued". He certainly had a string of successes in American Television. He was a guy that brought the country's political and social issues out of the closet with a good dose of humor and I feel helped some people understand how idiotic some of these issues were. Both he and Mel Brooks (a friend of his) produced stuff that certainly would not happen today because of the radical sensitivity on both sides of the issues. Fortunately I grew up in a time when these shows were on. I will admit that I did not necessarily understand all the issues because I was a child, but watching some of these shows now as a adult I have a better appreciation of what he was trying to accomplish.

His son-in-law was on CBS this morning (He is the head medical director for CBS news) and he said that Mr. Lear was a person that was interested in other peoples stories. Yes he knew a lot of famous people, but he was interested in anyone's story. He shared a story about a cab driver that he was visiting with while riding in her cab and found out she was working to get her kids through school and that her last child was getting close to finishing. He asked her what she was going to do and she said she was going to continue to drive to put herself through school. He supposedly said no she was not that he was going to pay for her schooling and that he did.

Anyway his son-in-law said he went peacefully with his family sitting by his side singing songs that he enjoyed. What a way to go at 101+ years old.

I am still struggling with what I would say are acceptance/denial issues. There is no denying that she is no longer here, I know that so I would not say they are truly denial issues, but I still think about things that I want to tell her about as if I am going to pick up the phone and tell her when we talk next or something I would text her about. Maybe it was because when I was in this situation (home helping the folks) before she was in Mesquite and I would fill her in when we talked/texted I don't know but it is weird and hard to explain. It comes and it goes.

It was sad to see the news about the UNLV shooting situation and scary since I have loved ones in Vegas and that it is not that far from Mesquite. It is a crazy world that we live in.

I shared a post on my Facebook page a day or so ago that really struck a chord with me. To summarize It was about a couple who were married 55 years and the wife passed away and the husband said he was glad she went first so that she did not have to grieve over him and to pick up the pieces to continue on. That is exactly how I feel, I am glad that I am the one having to shoulder the burden of picking up and moving forward and the one having to live in this crazy world. I know she is my guardian Angel and will help guide me. I just really wish she would tell me where the damn laptop is hidden. That has also been in my head the last several days as well.

Well enough for today. To Be Continued.