No, although as I sit here and write this from a hotel room down in Paducah, Kentucky sometimes I wonder if I have not entered a Mayan parallel universe. My Nana was 98 when she died on Wednesday and it is entirely appropriate that we are here, during the Christmas season, to celebrate her life.
I spent pretty much every Christmas of my life, until I was old enough to create my own traditions with my own family, with her. She was Christmas to me, and always will be.
And on my way down here yesterday I got word of another death, that of Bill D'Antoni, a young man (meaning: my age) who died of a heart attack in Florida a day before boarding a cruise ship with his wife. Bill was one of my first and best college friend. I am numb right now, but wanted you beer peeps to know I will be raising several glasses to him and my Nana (who, if you must know, was an avowed teetotaler who made me swear when I was 16 that the "poison of alcohol would never pass my lips." Bless her)
I hope to be back for this amazing party, but if I am not, I EXPECT you to carry on partying for me.
Happy Holidays. Hold you loved ones as close as you can (or that that will stand for).
I spent pretty much every Christmas of my life, until I was old enough to create my own traditions with my own family, with her. She was Christmas to me, and always will be.
And on my way down here yesterday I got word of another death, that of Bill D'Antoni, a young man (meaning: my age) who died of a heart attack in Florida a day before boarding a cruise ship with his wife. Bill was one of my first and best college friend. I am numb right now, but wanted you beer peeps to know I will be raising several glasses to him and my Nana (who, if you must know, was an avowed teetotaler who made me swear when I was 16 that the "poison of alcohol would never pass my lips." Bless her)
I hope to be back for this amazing party, but if I am not, I EXPECT you to carry on partying for me.
Happy Holidays. Hold you loved ones as close as you can (or that that will stand for).
2 comments:
I'm so sorry about your loss, ET. I will see you when you get back and we will toast your Nana.
It was wonderful to meet you at Bill's celebration of life. I wish it could have been under better circumstances. I have saved one of your barrel aged beers to open on Dec. 21, 2013, in Bill's honor. I will toast your Nana too.
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