Order of Importance
Posted: August 6, 2014 Filed under: Diet- comedy 3 CommentsIn the craziness that is my family this is the message I get on my blog today from my Dad.
I saw Forsyth Michie at Wukka’s funeral in Ivey, VA on Saturday. She looked great. She told Mom and me that your blog caused her to lose 50 pounds! Did you know that? She credits it all to you! Isn’t that wonderful? Hope camp is fun….XOO Dad
Back ground for my non-family readers, Wukka is my father’s cousin and Forsyth is his daughter.
First let’s start with what I did not know in order or importance:
1. I did not know that Wukka had passed away
2. Therefore I did not know about the funeral
3. I had no idea that Forsyth had lost 50 pounds
4. And I get none of the credit.
I do know that Forsyth reads my blog so publicly I want to say how sad I am for the loss of your father. He was a first class gentleman and character and a stellar example of what a real Michie is like.
My favorite story about him is when he was a history professor at Salem College and his afternoon class started before “As the world turns” ended thus causing some of his students to be consistently late for class. When he questioned them about their tardiness the girls told him that they were late because they were watching that show.
Wukka, thinking that “As the world turns” must have been a current events news show then told the girls it was fine for them to be late as long as that was what they were doing. During a school break Wukka was home at 1:00 and decided he would tune into this important world events show that so many of his students were watching. It came as quite a shock to him to discover that “As the world turns” was a soap opera.
When the young women returned to class from break he scolded them, but they replied that they had never misrepresented what the show really was. Nonetheless class started on time forever after that with no excused tardiness.
To all my other family members I want you to know in advance that if I miss sending you condolences on the passing of your loved one I am sorry. My sisters and I have have more times than not had similar messages from our parents about some family story and when we asked them where they heard it they tell us it was at someone’s funeral. Somehow the information that someone has passed got lost in translation.
Less Dana, More Good 
Universal parent problem. I feel your pain!
I can see your point but in my defense here is my response…For what seems like the entire summer,the Russ Lange family has been celebrating. Carter did start out seriously for two weeks looking after animals.But when that small dose of reality ended the next seven weeks have been a summer camping festival for her. You Dana got out of bondage having fed the five thousand for 12 years and promptly went to Africa to celebrate your new found freedom which included being free of parent hood for 5 weeks of Cherio Relief then to take off for another two weeks of celebrating with old New England Friends and Camp mates to play things like soccer-golf! What a life!
All the while I have been toiling with the realities of farm slavery…mowing,weeding sweating!!! When terrible things happen that can dampen one’s spirits and add doses of sadness it affects how I treat you. Given your summer of fun was not over when the news of Wukka’s passing reached me, I chose the kind and sane way to behave by not interrupting life in Maine by not calling you and urging you to give up your camping and driving to Ivy for a funeral.
I think my behavior is anything but “craziness” and wreaks of thoughtful deliberateness and of sensitivity ….Let my children have all the fun while I shoulder the burdens of grown up responsibility. Xoo dad
Thank Goodness I have such a wonderfully thoughtful and selfless parent. Your point of view is dead on. No pun intended