Tuesday, September 16, 2025

On my way to work today, I heard Robert Redford died

... and it made me smile 

He had been one of my mom's celebrity crushes and what if there was some party for the newly dead where she might finally meet him? I don't know how many times we watched Redford and Fonda in the film adaptation of Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park...

I leave tomorrow for Bangalore, and I guess I have mortality on the brain, because I've been saying earnest goodbyes to everyone letting them know how much they mean to me... TBF, it is a long journey and lots of things could go wrong... and I've thought of at least 500 of them.

Pic: I miss her everywhere, even on FB, where she was sometimes quite prolific on my page.

4 comments:

Nance said...

I think I'd have been the same with my goodbyes.

And social media comments--I suppose that's something I hadn't thought about as being yet another trigger for grief. Oh, maya.

Jeanie said...

Reading this now, knowing so many concerns (especially in today's day and age) well, those goodbyes mean all the more.

StephLove said...

That's lovely to think of them meeting.

J said...

I love the picture from your FB page. <3

the next time I see you

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