Parting shots
Before I die I wish to address some of the deceased and since there is no physical way to do it, this will be the addressing I always wished to do. To play with fiction in movies I'm going to keep it two sentences or less because I'm imagining them withering away because the heavens did not allow them to stay long enough for a paragraph.
Grandma V, I wish I would have a better picture of you in my mind. We parted worlds when I was so young but your impact was so large in my life that I wish I could have a bigger picture to frame internally.
Grandpa V, Klondike bars for life.
Grandma T, I never got to meet you or your husband and I want to tell you your baby boy did fine raising his kids. We have made productive lives out of ourselves.
Grandpa T, thank you for your service and your brother Geno took great care of your son after you left this world.
Brother, Mom and Dad still think about you and can talk about you freely. You did not receive a fair chance and if I ever have kids I want to carry on your name through them in some means.
Krycek, I miss plucking your clumps of hair or flopping your ears back and forth. I am sorry for the night the burglars broke in the house and I wish I could have defended you.
Samantha, I am sorry I bullied you and that we made fun of you on a daily basis. There is no excuse for that and I am glad you transferred schools for your own mental sake.
There are those who are living who I do not speak to but I have parting words for them before I die.
Norman, I hope your life turned out great and you were the hardest friend I had to watch move away. I did not go to school for a week because I could not imagine school without my best friend Big Man Norman pairing up with Little Man Tate.
Joe, I have grown up a lot since we last spoke and I have seen that you have too. I love seeing that you found your own personal happiness and have a growing family.
Scott, your passion for running a Chili's was not about Chili's itself but that you loved your life. I always liked that about you. You wanted to succeed at everything you did so of course you had high expectations for every employee.
Steve, your shoulder smacks are actually quite firm. Too firm.
Danny Mac, I hope you find happiness one day. Your demise lead to my revelation but I do not wish that upon anybody.
My ex-wife, its never too late to apologize to everybody you wronged in the past, but I am a better person without you and do not need an apology to make the most of my life.
Dan, I hope you find out what I found out. We were a bad pairing of friends and it was becoming detrimental to us both.
There are those who I have met once, twice or three times who I know I will never see again. There are hundreds of names I cannot remember but I have seen your face before and shared a conversation with. Thank you for sharing that time with me. It fills my days with laughter, inquiry and curiosity.
To the friends, family and acquaintances:
I have hundreds of people I want to address, but I do not have parting words for them yet because my relationship with them has not concluded or nearing conclusion.
Grandma V, I wish I would have a better picture of you in my mind. We parted worlds when I was so young but your impact was so large in my life that I wish I could have a bigger picture to frame internally.
Grandpa V, Klondike bars for life.
Grandma T, I never got to meet you or your husband and I want to tell you your baby boy did fine raising his kids. We have made productive lives out of ourselves.
Grandpa T, thank you for your service and your brother Geno took great care of your son after you left this world.
Brother, Mom and Dad still think about you and can talk about you freely. You did not receive a fair chance and if I ever have kids I want to carry on your name through them in some means.
Krycek, I miss plucking your clumps of hair or flopping your ears back and forth. I am sorry for the night the burglars broke in the house and I wish I could have defended you.
Samantha, I am sorry I bullied you and that we made fun of you on a daily basis. There is no excuse for that and I am glad you transferred schools for your own mental sake.
There are those who are living who I do not speak to but I have parting words for them before I die.
Norman, I hope your life turned out great and you were the hardest friend I had to watch move away. I did not go to school for a week because I could not imagine school without my best friend Big Man Norman pairing up with Little Man Tate.
Joe, I have grown up a lot since we last spoke and I have seen that you have too. I love seeing that you found your own personal happiness and have a growing family.
Scott, your passion for running a Chili's was not about Chili's itself but that you loved your life. I always liked that about you. You wanted to succeed at everything you did so of course you had high expectations for every employee.
Steve, your shoulder smacks are actually quite firm. Too firm.
Danny Mac, I hope you find happiness one day. Your demise lead to my revelation but I do not wish that upon anybody.
My ex-wife, its never too late to apologize to everybody you wronged in the past, but I am a better person without you and do not need an apology to make the most of my life.
Dan, I hope you find out what I found out. We were a bad pairing of friends and it was becoming detrimental to us both.
There are those who I have met once, twice or three times who I know I will never see again. There are hundreds of names I cannot remember but I have seen your face before and shared a conversation with. Thank you for sharing that time with me. It fills my days with laughter, inquiry and curiosity.
To the friends, family and acquaintances:
I have hundreds of people I want to address, but I do not have parting words for them yet because my relationship with them has not concluded or nearing conclusion.
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