“You can get anything you want at Alices Restaurant.” So that Arlo Guthrie song goes. Alice changed the name to [Alice the Amazonian]. Where you can still get anything you want and more.
This lead in has no connection to Alice or the business she is in. I, EChumly, was listening to this song. *Alices Restaurant* when I decided to dig into the recording of Missy Pressence.
Missy Pressence: Hello! I am Missy Pressence, for this story, and I am recording this for Dr. Happy Felix, at the Real/Unreal Restaurant. Or………..whatever!
I go to church every weekend. I am older and my husband died awhile ago. I still go to church and people remember my husband and always a condolence is given still. People have never forgot his passing and my grief.
Which I am totally sick of.
He passed so long ago the dates on his tombstone are starting to fade because of the weather. I am starting to fade because of his death. I do not want to fade away people. I am still here! Forget him look at me I am still alive. Yes! I loved him when he was alive but now I want someone to hold me before I die. No more condolences but celebrations and congratulations on your new found love. This is what I would like now. I guess I must change churches were nobody knows me or knew my deceased “condolences”. Old people do have a lot of love in them. That is why they make the best Grandparents. I like getting and receiving those hugs and laughter my grandchildren sing out when they are happy to see me. Please let the dead relax and be remembered. Please let the living relax and be acknowledged as what a living human is. No more “Condolences” that pronounces me as the death of my partner’s existence. Celebrate the life my husband had and the life I have. It is not a sad bad thing to do. Take my hand. Walk with me. Listen and talk to me. Laugh at my ill timed jokes, rejoice and share with me the life I have left. Don’t make me be a ghost like my husband is. See me. Touch me. Spend time with me. Do this and I swear I will never again vote for anyone over 70 that is running for President of the USA. Okay! That is a little drastic. Just. When you say, “Peace be with you”. Let your Peace enfold me. When I walk on the street hear my footsteps. Not the echo’s of my sorrow which you so much want to remind me of, in a good way.
I once was at a loss in my grief. Now let be be found in my new life.
Session One
Chapter Amazing Missy Pressence
Recorded for EChumly and Dr. Happy Felix by Marsha Melloh the Sociate
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