I have so many things I can't wait to write about but for one reason or another, lately, I keep running into (the proverbial) roadblocks. Not writer's block mind you .......yikes! Now that I've written that, I probably will get writer's block! (us writers are a superstitious lot--the baseball players of artists--now I'm gonna have to keep a cherry lifesaver under the arch of my foot in my right shoe every time I sit down to write)
So I was thrown, horribly, late yesterday to learn that my voice teacher and dear friend died unexpectedly at home last night, a presumed heart attack. Her 50th birthday is today. She leaves behind her husband and her fourteen year-old son, her extended family, and thousands of friends.
It's shocking to me .......you know ......I truly loved her for many, many reasons ..........I thought she'd be around for my whole life (and that her whole life and my whole life would be "the same"--who can imagine otherwise?).
Kathleen, you possessed the most unfailing kindness and the most beautiful voice of anyone I've ever known.My post yesterday didn't happen because I was bawling and beside myself. Now, of all things, here I am faced with Cartoon Saturday which I haven't had for awhile and it's due. Plus my favorite political cartoonist was on a real streak this week and I've been looking forward to highlighting him today.
So the show must go on. Thank-you Mr. Toles for making me smile through tears. And thank-you all for your patience. I know "life" happens to you too.
*****
Tom Toles, The Washington Post, January 27, 2010
Tom Toles, The Washington Post, February 4, 2010
Tom Toles, The Washington Post, February 5, 2010
Tom Toles, The Washington Post, February 7, 2010
Tom Toles, The Washington Post, February 8, 2010
Tom Toles, The Washington Post, February 9, 2010
Tom Toles, The Washington Post, February 10, 2010
PS--I was in the same hotel (actually I think I was eating the best southern food in the farthest West Nashville you can imagine--still close by) when the hand-crib-notes incident happened last weekend!
Tom Toles, The Washington Post, February 11, 2010
Tom Toles, The Washington Post, February 12, 2010
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Note to self: tell people you love them. Even when it's not almost Valentine's Day. Especially when it's not almost Valentine's Day ....
4 comments:
So sorry for your loss. Love the note to self--it's a reminder to us all.
Oh I am so sorry for your loss. I, too, love your note to self.
I wish you peace during this difficult time.
Bossy Betty & Monica: Thanks so much to both of you :-)
Oh Laurie, I am so sorry. You are right it is so important to let those you love know it often, and take each day for its fullest because you never know if it is your last.
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