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Date Posted: 07/22/08 6:35:46am
Author: Louie
Subject: Re: The Death Call
In reply to: Leisa 's message, "The Death Call" on 07/22/08 12:00:54am

I'm very sorry to hear that Leisa,

Louie

The Death Call
>
>In my family
>I am the one
>who usually makes the calls.
>I don't have anyone to call.
>This time, I was notified.
>Weird
>we weren't close
>in recent years
>and I hadn't seen him
>since Michael was a baby,
>18 years ago
>
>Still, there is a shock,
>a loss, a sense of misplaced
>grief and sadness
>
>Scramble to find pictures
>and capture
>some happy memory
>for a keepsake
>
>So many events
>span a life
>so many absent moments;
>then you realize maybe
>you never even knew
>him at all
>
>flash: I was 9 or 10
>in the front seat
>of his corvette
>going ninety to nothing
>(literally)
>ft caroline rd
>by the new jr high
>being built
>where I would eventually go
>passing on a two lane no pass zone
>and fearing for my life
>(this wasn't a fun memory)
>
>ok, flash:
>Christmas 1965, 66?
>I don't remember
>but it was Christmas morning
>and all the stores were closed
>all except Eckerd Drugs
>I had made some dumb homemade
>gift for him; a clay ashtray
>he must have felt bad
>he left, then returned
>with a box of chocolates
>from the only store in town open
>on Christmas morning
>
>ok flash: 1987
>he came to visit;
>stayed a few months
>drove his new Porsche
>to Texas, from Florida
>and stayed the winter
>He came just before Christmas
>I remember as clear as
>it was yesterday
>he left April 1 or was it March 1?
>At any rate, the weather:
>a typical Texas spring day;
>warm, sunny.
>He just woke up that day
>and said he was going home.
>packed the car
>and as he pulled out,
>the wind shifted
>dark clouds gathered
>and snow fell
>Eerie, to this day
>I remember the events
>even if I don't remember the exact date
>
>Flash: 1989
>Michael's first Christmas
>he came to Texas
>he stayed with us
>every morning
>I fixed him the same breakfast:
>4 pieces of bacon, 4 fried eggs, buttered toast.
>I thought then, gee! this can't be too healthy
>but he was my big brother
>and who was I, the baby, to argue?
>
>Elizabeth Pierce
>07-21-08�
>For my brother, Jerry
>05-04-1946 to 07-20-2008

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Re: The Death Call -- Leisa, 07/27/08 9:01:08pm