The Golden Child

"Find Your Way" by Elan
-Music For The Clubs mixed by DJ Phil B


The CD opens up. I read a letter/e-mail from Steve. We used to write letters and send them through the mail. I remember how much it meant to me to get them in my youth. I never knew what wonderful insights I would gaze upon. I was so confident of what I already knew. Waking up to--or coming home to--his e-mails has become somewhat of a daily ritual now. What do we talk about? Nothing. Everything. Perhaps more than insight now I'm just glad to know another friend.

On my way home from work yesterday I was listening to NPR on FM 89.7 KPCC. Rather than focus on the speculations of what damage was coming this way from hurricane Rita or talk of the destruction from from hurricane Katrina, they aired interviews and transcript readings about the lives of people who died in Katrina. They remembered their lives with dignity. Connections formed so quickly in my brain. A story of a father who died trying to save his two year old son. Both were lost. An 80 year old woman who was as spry as she was in her 20's; a woman's son talked about the adventurers of his mother's life. The last story touched me the most. Take a listen sometime, it's only 9 minutes of your life:


http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=ATC&showDate=23-Sep-2005&segNum=15&NPRMediaPref=RM&getAd=1