Mellow Drama!
Well, I ain't yet received a Death Sentence! The blood tests for which I have waited, with bated breath, for 3 weeks, have earned me a referral to a hematologist at the local Cancer Center but, as the "Doc" said, "That don't mean you got cancer."
My blood counts were a tad better than those from last October but still out of whack so we be gonna take a closer look!
Good news is that my blood oxygen % was up to 95! After a couple of years of 89-91, that is good news indeed!
Long as I can recall, i have had this strange ability to sort of step back from myself and observe "me", to objectively observe my reactions to various events in my life. Now I find myself doin' just that.....and wondering just how I might react if I AM given "bad news"! I believe I will be OK with it thanks to my Faith in Jesus but I reckon no one ever really knows until they is smacked full-on in the face with the "news"! Not that I want to "Go" but i reckon I'd rather go before any of my siblings, my kids, my grandkids.....the pain of death is suffered by those left behind!
I know dyin' be easy! Heck, even a child can do it! My Sis, Deanne, didn't snivel!
Nor did my Dad, or my Mom! I take stock of those who have left before me and I realize that I have lost far fewer than many of my friends during the scope of my life. My friend Annabelle lost SIX Family Members in 2 years! Including her Son!
My friend, Charlsi, just weeks back, lost her 15 year old son and, in a sense, her other son, also! He, poor kid, found his Brother dead and is institutionalized still over the trauma!
Butt! I am still here! For Now! I do reckon I need to "get my papers in order" soon though, just because it be "the right thing to do"! My biggest concern is my friend, Bill! He is getting old, too! About 84 in dawg years! I will have to ride that one out for a spell yet, though......
So, Listen Up, Family! I am poor and expect the "state" to handle my cremation, whenever that occurs, unless I strike it rich before I pass on! I would LOVE to see a Memorial Party, a Wake, if you please, but NO expensive, fancy crap! Get someone to cart my ashes to the upper Verde River, like Clarksdale, Camp Verde, thereabouts, and dump 'em in my River!
The BIG thing, though, is this!
I spent most of my years in Safford working for Dean & Mary Lou Kreig and their daughter, Tammy Mayhew. They burned me bad, hurt me! These folks own a heap of businesses, the Quality Inn, the Days Inn, the Manor House Restaurant, Convention Center, the Rock 'N Horse Sports Saloon, the Swings 'N Things Sports Park. et.al.
They are just the kind of folks who would cry crocodile tears over my passing, offer to spend huge amounts of money and facilities for a Funeral, a Memorial Party, whatever......and gain all sorts of good local publicity in the process.
WHATEVER SORT OF MEMORIAL, REMEMBERANCE, I GET, IF ANY, NOT A DAMNED ONE OF THEM IS WELCOME! NO KREIGS! NO MAYHEWS! NO SHORTS! Stop 'em at the door, stop 'em in the john, Kick their sorry asses OUT!
And I hope Saint Peter reads this, too!
Love Ye, too!
My blood counts were a tad better than those from last October but still out of whack so we be gonna take a closer look!
Good news is that my blood oxygen % was up to 95! After a couple of years of 89-91, that is good news indeed!
Long as I can recall, i have had this strange ability to sort of step back from myself and observe "me", to objectively observe my reactions to various events in my life. Now I find myself doin' just that.....and wondering just how I might react if I AM given "bad news"! I believe I will be OK with it thanks to my Faith in Jesus but I reckon no one ever really knows until they is smacked full-on in the face with the "news"! Not that I want to "Go" but i reckon I'd rather go before any of my siblings, my kids, my grandkids.....the pain of death is suffered by those left behind!
I know dyin' be easy! Heck, even a child can do it! My Sis, Deanne, didn't snivel!
Nor did my Dad, or my Mom! I take stock of those who have left before me and I realize that I have lost far fewer than many of my friends during the scope of my life. My friend Annabelle lost SIX Family Members in 2 years! Including her Son!
My friend, Charlsi, just weeks back, lost her 15 year old son and, in a sense, her other son, also! He, poor kid, found his Brother dead and is institutionalized still over the trauma!
Butt! I am still here! For Now! I do reckon I need to "get my papers in order" soon though, just because it be "the right thing to do"! My biggest concern is my friend, Bill! He is getting old, too! About 84 in dawg years! I will have to ride that one out for a spell yet, though......
So, Listen Up, Family! I am poor and expect the "state" to handle my cremation, whenever that occurs, unless I strike it rich before I pass on! I would LOVE to see a Memorial Party, a Wake, if you please, but NO expensive, fancy crap! Get someone to cart my ashes to the upper Verde River, like Clarksdale, Camp Verde, thereabouts, and dump 'em in my River!
The BIG thing, though, is this!
I spent most of my years in Safford working for Dean & Mary Lou Kreig and their daughter, Tammy Mayhew. They burned me bad, hurt me! These folks own a heap of businesses, the Quality Inn, the Days Inn, the Manor House Restaurant, Convention Center, the Rock 'N Horse Sports Saloon, the Swings 'N Things Sports Park. et.al.
They are just the kind of folks who would cry crocodile tears over my passing, offer to spend huge amounts of money and facilities for a Funeral, a Memorial Party, whatever......and gain all sorts of good local publicity in the process.
WHATEVER SORT OF MEMORIAL, REMEMBERANCE, I GET, IF ANY, NOT A DAMNED ONE OF THEM IS WELCOME! NO KREIGS! NO MAYHEWS! NO SHORTS! Stop 'em at the door, stop 'em in the john, Kick their sorry asses OUT!
And I hope Saint Peter reads this, too!
Love Ye, too!
posted by Norm! | 8:58 PM
2 Comments:
Norm!
I am here to report positive news. I have an upbeat outlook on "death" Its just a transition! Beyond that. I dont know. I have chosen not to try and figure out what our Creator has in store after this. I would rather be surprised!
My beliefs were put to the test on January 6th, 2005. My Mom died in my arms. I cheered her on. No way there will ever be a more potent gift bestowed on me in this lifetime.
You are already "OK"! Of this I have no doubt. I refrain from saying anything more about it. This is your own personal experience.
My daughter posted a comment on my blog the other day. She said:
"Isn't it funny how when we are young, we are figuring out our place among people, and then as we grow old (I surmise from watching others...), we are figuring out our place in Creation..."
A wise young lady.
Your Loved Ones are free to gather here at my house. Its within a three minute walk to the Verde River. Ok, maybe 5 or 6 :-) Your River!
I'm not ready to bury you yet! I have no idea when "your time" will come, its not my call! It may be a ways away yet, but its healthy to discuss these things honestly and openly. That is what is true for me.
I'd like it if you could visit here soon. Come over and sit on my porch for a spell. Ya never know!
Your Freind,
Verde River Kevin
Norm, I'm in Cottonwod as you know so if ashes need spread I'm here for you. Of course who knows when we will go you might outlive me by a bunch. I've been through it already and have outlived the odds so if you live everyday as your last, do the best you can and enjoy life to fullest and of course you need to make arrangements, getting papers in order and Bill taken care of but we all need to do that to be ready. Impermanance is reality.
Take care old friend Tom
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