FOR A LOOP

THEY SAY A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES BEGINS WITH ONE, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AS GOOD AS THINGS HAVE BEEN LIFE ALWAYS THROWS YOU FOR A LOOP AND SEEMS TO BALANCE IT OUT. WHAT I MEAN TO SAY IS NOT JUST THAT MY BOY SMOOK WAS GIVEN A LITTLE SCARE WITH HIS SONS APPENDIX BURSTING, OR EVEN THAT I GOT SICK ON THIS TRIP AND HAD TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND GET TREATED, BUT IT WAS TO BE A YEAR ON THE 25TH OF JULY THAT MY MOM HAD PASSED, AND I HAD RECENTLY JUST STAYED IN ATHOL MASS. WITH MY FAMILY, AND WAS PREPARED TO APPRECIATE MY TITI TATA, AND MY COUSINS IVAN, YVONNE, SAMMY AND THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN WHO I DONT GET TO SEE TO OFTEN IN MY LIFE. I DID SPEND 2 DAYS WITH THEM AND DID ENJOY THE SHORT TIME I HAD. I DIDNT GET TO SEE SAMMY, BUT I DID SPEAK TO HIM AND WE DID TALK ABOUT GETTING UP SOON. BUT AS MY LIFE WOULD HAVE IT TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER I LEFT A DAY BEFORE THE 25TH I WAS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK AND WAS TOLD THAT MY COUSIN SAMMY WAS IN A SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT. SO WITH MY COUSINS WE RODE BACK TO ATHOL, AND THEN ON THE 1 YEAR TO THE DAY THAT MY MOM HAD PASSED THEY PULLED THE PLUG ON SAMMY. HE WAS GONE AND THERE WAS NOTHING WE COULD DO. LIKE ANY OTHER FAMILY WE WERE HURT. IM SO GLAD I MADE IT THERE WITH MY FAMILY AND EVEN IF WAS TO ONLY SPEAK TO SAMMY, I WAS GLAD I DID. I WILL RIDE FOR YOU TOO SAMMY.