4/4/22
Watched the film Donnie Brasco. Not sure why I never got around to it before. It reminded me of when my parents were jazzed to see it and jazzed by it after....it took me back to a time when they were both here, enjoying life and time together....and how my mom would get so absorbed in art and we could share our experiences of going into these alternate worlds, one of the greatest pleasures she or anyone has given me......that late winter of 97, they enjoyed a great film together. And that continued to heal that year for me. Ive been telling myself the narrative that 97 was such a hole in my journey. And while that first half was so tough with a major kidney stone issue that carried on for months, I was looking at all the great concert experiences i had in the last several months of that year and what incredible events they were: The Rolling Stones, John Fogerty, Arlo Guthrie and two Prince including an up close club show....you could almost say a life well lived just on that. Plus i quit smoking that November and helped my Grandma clean her attic thoroughly that May or June. And the tough time it was, it reminded me to never take time or anything for granted, live now. And that was only emphasized all the more when my dad died the next year. A lot of tough stuff and great loss, so it is especially nice to remember to great things in this whole time period....such as my parents enjoying an afternoon out at the movies together...and a really fine movie at that.
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