Victoria Wood
Watch this postI saw on the news yesterday that Victoria Wood had died after a short fight against cancer and immediately felt a wave of sadness wash over me like an emotional tsunami. I never met her but she was a favourite of mine, she was a comic genius and always came across as a thoroughly nice lady. There have been times in the past when the sudden deaths of certain elebs as affected me ib similar ways and for reasons that I don't fully understand. The first was John Lennon, my favourite Beatle. Then came Richard Beckinsale, then, more recently, Whitney Houston. I don't know why I felt such sadness at their passing, there must be some deeply psychological reason? I felt almost nothing when my horrible mother died 5 years ago and I have yet to shed a single tear over her demise. Yet, someone I never met dies and I'm sad and tearful. Thank you Victoria, you brought pleasure and happiness to millions. I will miss you terribly.
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I understand where you are coming from, I have yet to grieve for my Mother who died 2000 but my Father I mourn every day. There is an emotional connection to people who make you feel good or give you general pleasure singers, writers and comedians so on and so forth.
So do not feel guilty the hardest thing is to forgive I am still working on that one but it does not make you a bad person to feel that way, memories can be hard, scars can run deep. I have too only just joined this website and feel it is good to talk to older people who actuallwrite english instead of text talk. lol.
Hope fully I will catch up with you. I only usually come on in a morning as other things busy my day and I am trying not to let the computor take over my life. Take care hope to hear from you soon
I also spend a large part of my mornings on-line before getting on with other things, so I'm always available to chat.
It's one of the problems of getting older.... so many important people (personal friends and family as well as the celebrities) die and are lost to us. But at least we had them once and still have our memories!
Elvis, Mandela, JFK, George Harrison, Dunblane children, Lady Diana, and others whose passing over the years has had a profound effect on me too.
Like you I am pleased to have shared in the times of these people's lives, and regret some have known evil, with others I have been lifted by and/or enjoyed their talents and achievements.....even if from a distance. Having created and left behind some feeling of connection with others seems like a good legacy to me.