"NO BOGIE HERE"

IT’S BEEN SEVERAL DAYS SINCE MY LAST POST ABOUT THIS MAN WHO WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE CHALLENGE OF HIS LIFE. HE HAD ARRIVED AT A CROSSROAD THAT UNBEKNOWNST TO HIM WAS GOING TO EXPOSE A TAPESTRY OF HIS LIFE. THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM BEGAN A PROCESS OF EXAMINATION AND INTROSPECTION OF THAT TAPESTRY REFLECTING ON THOSE 84 YEARS, CONSIDERING WHAT WOULD LIFE AND CERTAINLY THEIR LIVES LOOK LIKE WITHOUT HIM IN IT. OPEN HEART SURGERY IS NOT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT ELEMENTS OF RISK. ANYTIME A SURGEON CRACKS THE RIB CAGE, TAKES AN ARTERY FROM ANOTHER PART OF THE BODY, STOPS THE FLOW OF BLOOD SO THAT LIFE LINES WILL CONTINUE; ONE MUST BE CONCERNED. AND DURING THAT TIME WE RELIED ON THE WONDERS OF MODERN MEDICINE AS ANOTHER MACHINE PINCH HIT FOR HIM. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE EVER NEEDED A “PINCH HITTER”. THE SKILL OF THE SURGEON JUMP STARTED HIS LIFE. IT WASN’T THAT BLOOD WAS RESTORED TO FLOW IN THIS MAN’S VEINS, BECAUSE IT’S NOT BLOOD THAT FLOWS IN GUYS LIKE HIM, IT’S THE LOVE OF HIS FAMILY, HIS CHILDREN, GRAND CHILDREN, GREAT GRAND CHILDREN AND MOSTLY HIS COMPADRE’, HIS PASSION, HIS BRIDE, HIS DELORES. IF ONE ADHERES TO THE TEACHINGS OF PLATO, A “SOUL MATE” IS TWO HALVES OF A WHOLE PERSON-EACH HALF NEEDING TO FIND THE OTHER TO BE WHOLE OR COMPLETE, THEN THEY HAVE FOUND EACH OTHER.

THIS WEEKEND IS THE ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE. IT WON’T BE COMPLETE AND COULDN’T BE A SUCCESS WITHOUT HIS PRESENCE IN HIS “EMMETT KELLY’ CLOWN PERSONA. TIME WILL PASS, HIS REHAB CONTINUES UNTIL THE DAFFODILS HAVE BLOOMED, THE FORSYTHIAS BUDDED OUT, AND THE LAST VESTIGE OF WINTER HAS FADED. SPRING WILL HAVE ARRIVED AND ALL THE FAMILIAR SOUNDS THAT COME WITH IT WILL COMMENCE. THE FAMILIAR PARRYING OF THE MEADOWLARK, THE REPETITIVE CHIRP OF THE CARDINAL, AND THE UNNERVING WAIL OF RICH ON THE 14TH…….....”FORE”. IT’S TIME TO TEE UP!!!