I don't remember a lot about the show "Maude" in the '70's.....honestly, with some of the topics it dealt with, I'm sure my folks deemed it inappropriate for a grade schooler. But I remember "Golden Girls" very fondly---and I loved Bea's character...her wit and sense of timing were wonderful....and it is very sad to see yet another icon of my formative and much younger more innocent days pass away....
We have lost a lot of truly great actors/actresses and public figures in the last few years, and maybe it is because I am now in my 40's, and realizing that where my folks are--in their 60's--is not as far away as I once believed....when I was 20, 30 seemed like forever away, as did 40. Now at 41, I am keenly aware of how quickly time flies. And if I ever forget, I have only to look at my children...
10 years ago I was going through the painful but necessary process of divorcing my first husband, the father of my two sons.....my husband now was in the process of finding out information that would lead to his eventual divorce from his first wife, the mother of his two daughters......when we met, several months after both divorces were final, our children were 9,7, and 5. They are now 18 (and a high school graduate), 16 (jr and soph in HS) and 14 (freshman).
We also have a 7 yr old daughter. Yes time flies very swiftly.....
And these same children look at us when we stop for a moment or two to mourn the passing of those we remember from our childhood...."Who?" is the question we get. They don't know who these people are.....and it is sad also that there are so few now who have the talent to take their places.
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