Just Thinking

Obviously this has been an America Changing week. In one week we have lost 3 stars of my childhood and one of my children's childhood.
I remember watching Star Search and seeing Ed McMahon with his big over sized glasses announce some many truly untalented people, all the while dreaming about one day being a contestant myself.
I remember dancing the Thriller dance in my living room over and over again. I loved Micheal Jackson! My best friend and I used to roller skate to him on the neighbor's black top all day long.
I remember my big sister watching Charlie's Angels. I will never forget the "hair" lady!
Today when hubby told me about Billy Mays my children knew who he was before I did. When DQ said "mommy, it's the oxiclean guy!" I knew then who he was. I thought he was the baseball guy!
Anyway, all this being said as big as these losses seem to us we have a much greater loss right here on my own street. Our neighbor Fibo died the same day as Farrah and Micheal. While our street mourns a beautiful christian woman whom was adored and loved by "locals", the world mourns these superstars. I have to wonder though, who will be missed more? I think the answer is a clear hands down winner: Fibo! She has children, and a husband, and grandchildren, and friends, and neighbors, and church family, and on and on and on. She was personal. She was real. She was love. We barely knew this woman and yet she made us a cake when hubby's dad died. I feel a loss simply because I didn't get to know her as well as others did. I am now regretting and mourning a relationship I could have had.
All this to say while it's ok to be bummed about losing our childhood stars, hang on to the people in your life that you really know. Hang on to the REAL people. Grab ahold of what you have and don't let go, cause you may never know what you've lost till you've lost it.

Amy