Musings by Tulis

WHY people are missing shows is their business, but the people who step into their shoes deserve more than a pat on the back and a “thank you so much.” They deserve recognition and a big fat award.

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This is an essay I wrote in March 2023. When there is a positive patch in your life - think back on how you got there. You stuck your neck out. That's how.

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What happened to following up with a phone call? Follow up phone calls or checking in phone calls or confirmation phone calls or gossip calls or “Can I come over?” calls or “I’m asking you out on a date” calls, or “Got time for a drink this week?” calls or plain old, “I miss you” calls.”

What happened to them?

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Remember the Mulberry tree scattering her ripe berries on the sidewalk so that someone will see the message in the mess and look up. It only took me 15 years to figure that one out.

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Last week I got three emails from three adult human beings with whom I am taking online classes. Yes these are teachers. Leaders with followings. People a person might look to for guidance.

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The Everything Drawer - You know you have one. Everybody has one. Right NEXT to the silverware drawer OR the gadget drawer where you keep the wine opener and the candle stubs and the used corks.

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Long ago - Memorial Day did not give you a long weekend. It was on May 30th and the next day was May 31 and you went back to work or school or Saturday chores or Sunday church. We filled Memorial Day full to the brim and returned to life the next day.

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MOST EVERYONE who lives in New York City has a "Moving In Story." This is mine. Memorial Day 1976.

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Then whammo – you wake up one day and someone has handed you a Medicare Card – with YOUR name on it. Not you parents’. Not your boss’s. YOUR name. And where are you? You are rounding Second heading for third. And what is going on? Memories, folks. Memories that you didn’t even know you had.

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But Peggy, Betty, and Marylou cherished me unconditionally. From them I learned how to feel love, because I was loved. They taught me there are two kinds of mothers – the one you are born to and the ones that choose you. The ones who love the wayward travelers. I bet you’ve chosen a few yourself, right? Good for you – AND them.

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