Cribbed straight from You Tube: Carla Zilber-Smith died May 21st, 2010 of ALS, but at her funeral she had one final surprise: a video that she had kept secret for over a year, even from her own family, that brought the audience (because of course her funeral had an audience) to laughter, tears, etc. Holy shoosh, you guys. 9+ minutes long but worth it. (A wee bit NSFW so watch the volume control if the guy you sit next to is a total snooch...)
If you need a good cry ASAP, skip to minute 6:13. If that doesn't work, check out Carla's blog here. Still nothing? Then I can't help you, because this? This is a woman with heart.
Happy Hump Day.
xo,
S
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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Wow. Makes me think twice about being such a whining baby. That's the perfect way to say goodbye.
Wow, thank you for posting this today.
That was rough.
That was such a nice gift to her family. Love that.
And she is going to have to share River Phoenix when I get there!!
Amazing.
XOXO
Holy sobbing. That was great.
Thank you.
Oh, Wow! How incredibly awesome...a gift. I'm thinking that we all die and I think the "trip" will be spectacular and what I most want is to "do it well". But I'll never top this woman. There are so many ways to die. I'm hoping to go in my sleep, before I become a decrepit mess, dependent on others, a burden-no matter how much they'd say not. I hope for it to be as pain free as possible...maybe out with a morphine cocktail over ice with everyone I love around me. But to have the courage, the foresight, the humor, the obvious loving care for loved ones to do what she did, well that's almost indescribable. Add to that the vast amount of courage it takes to die of a terminal, progressive illness in which the only certainties are death and becoming more debilitated every day. How is it possible for anyone to laugh and cry and reassure and to make their love so tangibly eternal before they depart...it leaves me breathless. And finally, she did it so well that most of the video, I actually felt that she WAS talking from the heavenly beyond. A gift and a selfless act that must have taken energy she could hardly afford, a sense of humor I can only be in awe of, love that transcends and courage I can only envy. It makes me sad not to have known her....but she made it possible for us to meet her and, WOW! Thanks for sharing.
Mom
I was having a totally crappy day and this video turned it around. Funny and beautiful, and HER BLOG! I adore her son.
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