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Friday, June 29, 2012

ENDINGS

Is there anything in life harder than endings? Something you loved or liked and thought you'd always have in your life is suddenly or gradually gone. Simply gone. No longer part of your everyday life only a memory now. You can cry non-stop over your loss or you can remember how good it was to have it, but in either case, it's over. It's always difficult.


Recently, well, a few months ago, I suffered a gigantic loss. One I am only now beginning to get past. I still miss it and I still wish I could see it daily. I long to settle in for a close two hours of our special time. It's really hard to go through my daily routine now and not have that time of pure relaxation and enjoyment. It's gone and I am sad because a multi-decade of days together are history. I'm glad I had it once, but haven't reached the happy memory stage of my grief yet.


Oh sure, General Hospital is still on and I never miss it. I DVR it if I'm busy at 3 and then enjoy that hour later in the evening. But I will miss All My Children and One Life to Live for a very long time. I have spent many years enjoying Erica Cane and her children and their children. I have loved some of the Buchanans and hated others. Wonder what Blair is wearing today? Oh, and did Vickie marry her ex and father of some of her kids, Clint? I'll never know. I have cried when someone died or had a child. I have laughed at some of the ridiculous plot line, but through it all, I have loved those shows. They were good acting, usually well written and always entertaining. I was never one who lost myself in friendship with the characters like many soap fans did, but I was a fan. I was very sad when they ended.


So for now, I just watch my GH daily and follow the few OLTL cast members who crossed over and call it good. They've been renewed, for now anyway.


Endings are almost always hard. Oh, not when they mean something bad is ending, but otherwise, usually hard.  


The End


Did that make you sad?


Jo

10 comments:

  1. Deaths are the hardest endings of all. They are so final and no turning back. A very sad and melancholy post. It reminded me of those I have lost...and some of your words brought tears to my eyes. ♥

    Kathy
    http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.com

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    1. That wasn't my intention, here, I just wanted to share my soap loss. sorry Kathy, though I see that in the opening. (((hugs)))
      There is no way to easily face death. No way that I am aware of anyway.

      Thanks Kathy.

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  2. Not even a little bit.
    But I am sorry for your loss.

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    1. You are so not sorry for my loss! LOL ♥

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  3. I used to love GH. I scheduled my college classes around it and the day Luke & Laura got married, the Student Union was PACKED, which pretty mush means that the classrooms weren't. :OD

    For years, I scheduled the kids' naps to coincide with GH, and then one day, I was just over it. Weird.

    I liked All My Children a lot, too. OLTL not as much, bu since it was sandwiched between the other two, I ended up kind of hooked on that, too.

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    1. I do miss watching them and I did look forward to them, but I have not had to plan around them since I got my first VCR so that has not been an issue for me! I will probably watch GH as long as it's on and I will live just fine when it's over.
      One more day and then...ROAD TRIP! :)

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  4. Didn't make me sad at all Jo! :) LOVED All My Children and General Hospital many, many ears ago. About twenty years ago I just stopped watching, but the whole Luke and Laura saga was my life at the time as well as the Buchanan's and Vicky's split personality was fascinating! thanks fo rhte smile at some of the memories...

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    1. Sure thing! I know it seems silly to a lot of people and I am not an over the top fan, but I do enjoy the shows. Or did. Now it's just me and General Hospital.

      Thanks for commenting and I'm sorry I have to keep checking my spam to find you. It's pretty full with the trolls crap and now and then I miss your postings.

      Eventually, though, I find them! ♥ that you are still commenting and understanding why it takes me so long to respond! I appreciate your patience. ♥

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  5. Honestly, no. Having never been a soap fan, it didn't make me sad; however, I did hate the idea of Lost ending. Sometimes endings can be a wonderful thing, such as the ending I discussed in my post. Good riddance!

    http://joycelansky.blogspot.com

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    1. Yep, sometimes life is just better when something ends, as in your case, for sure.
      I do miss my soaps, but life has gone on! I still have reality TV to dull my mind!

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