Where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain.
Today I’ll be making the long drive to Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the capital of the Cherokee Nation, where my Grandmother lives and is in the hospital. She’s quite old, quite sick and has refused a feeding tube. I’m just today beginning to feel well enough after being under the weather to believe I won’t expose my mother and father, who are holding vigil and aren’t in the best of health themselves, to anything that might make them ill. My brother has also flown in from Florida, but I don’t so much mind making him sick.
I haven’t mentioned this impending trip on Adverb until now because, really, it isn’t much fun to talk about and has taken some time for me to deal with, anyway.
I expect my access to the Internet to be absolutely spotty and minimal at best over the next several days, which leads me to a joke I’m sure to get an email or two about:
Q: Why does Texas not simply fall into the Gulf of Mexico?
A: Because Oklahoma sucks.
Update: Too late. As I was finishing up a hot shower before heading out on the trip, my brother called to say my Grandmother– “Grannie” to us– passed away last night at 10:02. I’m waiting to hear back about the funeral arrangements.
Email Article Thursday, September 21st, 2006 at 08:43am Mack Simpson
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6 Comments Add your own
1. makethelogobigger | September 21st, 2006 at 4:06 pm
Love the joke. Hate the news. Condolences.
2. Magno | September 21st, 2006 at 8:21 pm
My condolences to you and yours.
3. olivier blanchard | September 21st, 2006 at 8:40 pm
Sorry to hear that. “Toutes mes condoleances,” as we’d say in the old country.
4. Michael Wagner | September 22nd, 2006 at 6:25 pm
Sorry to hear the news - condolences to you and your family.
I do like that you shared what you were facing. The rest of the story so often remains unknown to those on the outside. To have you tell what is happening behind the wall makes the connection deeper.
Maybe this is why, in part, we like “behind the scenes” access to things like movies and commercials (I’m thinking of your recent posting on the Yahoo commercial).
Thanks for extending the conversation and making it more human!
5. Faris | September 23rd, 2006 at 11:03 am
I’m sorry for your loss mate.
6. Seth | September 24th, 2006 at 11:03 am
Sorry for your loss…keep up the great site.
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