THAT I REMEMBER AT (HORRIBLE) TIMES LIKE THESE:
FIRST, STEVIE RAY VAUGHN (LEGENDARY BLUES GUTARIST) DIED TRAGICALLY IN 1990 HELICOPTER ACCIDENT. BOUT A YEAR LATER, I WAS WATCHING A `ROCKUMENTARY` ON THE LIFE OF SRV. THEY WERE INTERVIEWING HIS DRUMMER WHO WAS OBVIOUSLY EXREMELY CLOSE TO STEVIE. HE LOOKED INTO THE CAMERA WITH A GAUNT, SHOCKED LOOK ON HIS FACE. HIS EYES WERE WATERY AND REDDENED. HE SAID: "OH, I'LL GET ~BETTER ~WITH IT, PAUSE_______I'LL NEVER GET OVER IT,_______BUT I'LL GET BETTER"
THE SECOND , A QUOTE FROM JOHN WAYNE: "HUMAN BEINGS HAVE VERY LITTLE MEMORY FOR PAIN, AND THANK GOD I HAVE NONE AT ALL"
TO ME MEANS WHEN WE LOOK BACK ON ~ANY~OF OUR TERRIBLE LOSSES, WE KNOW WE WERE DEVASTATED , BUT NOW THAT THE TIME PASSED, AND UPON REMEMBERING, WE DON'T FEEL THE HORRIBLE DEVASTA 'TION' THAT IS SO SHARP TO A LOT OF US NOW.
I HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEBODY OUT THERE EVEN A LITTLE, CAUSE I THINK IT HELPED ME JUST TO WRITE IT DOWN.
PHIL L.