My friend Stan just sent me an email, which included the lines below.
I was worried about you since your column became silent after the election. It appears that you are following the "Seven Steps" of overcoming grief.
He was referring to this little parody by my other friend, Robert McCusker, an advertising executive in our area. Bob publishes "The Friday Follies" to bring a little lightness and levity to his loyal readers every Friday. This was part of today's Follies.
Time to consider the Seven Stages of Grief;
Through the Process, Back to the White House
1) Shock & Denial
You react with numbed disbelief, you deny the reality in order
to avoid the pain. This may last for weeks. Take a break from talk radio and
cable news.
2) Pain & Guilt
As shock wears off, it is replaced with unbearable pain. It is
important for you to experience the pain, don't avoid it or escape with alcohol
or drugs; even if marijuana is legal now in several liberal states.
3) Anger & Bargaining
Frustration gives way to anger. You may lash out and lay blame
on someone else. Be careful not to lose all your liberal friends.
They are not ignorant, they just know lots of things that aren't
true. Time to release those bottled up emotions.
4) Depression, Reflection & Loneliness
During this time, you finally realize the true magnitude of your
loss (four long years again) and it depresses you.
You may isolate yourself, reflect on Ronald Reagan, and focus on
memories of winning the Cold War without a shot fired.
You may sense a dread of ObamaCare and despair.
5) The Upward Turn
As you adjust to life with the Obamas on teevee every night
again, your life becomes calmer and more organized. You learn to watch Nat.
Geographic instead of Fox News.
Your physical symptoms lessen, your depression begins to lift
slightly; your sphincter relaxes a bit.
6) Reconstruction & Working Through
As you become more functional, your mind starts working again,
and you will find yourself questioning anything that Rush and Dick "Romney
Landslide" Morris say.
You will find yourself seeking realistic solutions to problems
posed by life without the Mittster in the Oval Office.
Go ahead, apply for Food Stamps and your ObamaPhone, like 46
million other recipients, or the 10 million on Soc. Sec. Disability. Yes, you
can!
7) Acceptance & Hope
During this, the last of the seven stages, you learn to accept
and deal with the reality of your situation.
Acceptance does not necessarily mean instant happiness. Joe
Biden, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are tough to stomach.
Given the pain and turmoil you have experienced, you can never
return to the carefree, untroubled YOU that existed before this election.
But you will find a way FOREWARD (pardon that word) and actually
plan things for the future. 2016 will come someday.
Eventually, you will be able to think about Romney-Ryan without
pain; sadness, yes, but the wrenching pain will be gone.
You will once again anticipate some good times to come, and yes,
even find joy again in the experience of just living in the good ole US of A.
[Our parody borrowed a lot of the above stages from this serious site:]
For those of us who are loyal readers:
'It wouldn't be Friday without the Follies.'
'It wouldn't be Friday without the Follies.'
Thanks Bob!!!
BTW --- "the chair" has found a resting place in my garage.
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