So....this past summer, my daughters and I have been binge watching the Gilmore Girls. We hadn't caught an episode for a while....and last night we had some time together so I started us on the episode where we left off in the middle. It had been long enough that I'd forgotten. Richard was in the hospital with a heart attack and Emily was calling their lawyer to have him fax a copy of the will and checking on if Richard had a DNR.
Bess told me one of their substitute teacher's had a puzzle ring like Grandpa's but she couldn't remember how to do it anymore.
I held Bess as we both cried. I held Evie's hand after Bess had to leave the room and go shower.
We've loved watching the Gilmore Girls. I knew the actor playing Richard Gilmore had died in real life and that they would pay tribute to him in the upcoming "A Year in the Life" episodes....I wasn't sure I would be able to watch them....I knew I wouldn't be able to watch them without a lot of kleenex. Hearing the actors say so many of the things we'd heard....We'll be moving him out of ICU today and then just another night and he should be able to come home...
This time for the Gilmores, there will be a happy ending. Come November, Richard will be gone too...officially.
Obviously, a fictional loss is just that...but it reminds us of real loss.
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