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While Jodie was in Hilton NY tending to family affairs I was in Glendora CA doing two travel film shows at Citrus College for Greg Hinrichsen. I flew in from Tucson for the show. Greg picked me up from the airport, drove me to the show, took me out for dinner, and dropped me off at the airport hotel for my flight back the next morning. Is he a great sponsor or what! We also like him because he tells great jokes on stage before the show!
When she got home from NY Jodie threw an "end of season" BBQ at our house. Almost all of our snow-bird friends in the RV resort are heading north for the summer. What a bunch of wimps! I guess they don't like 150-degree summer heat. It's 180-degrees with the wind chill!
While Jodie was on the road I got to stay in Tucson, do desk work, and watch the Detroit Red Wings in the hockey play-offs. Hockey is the only sport I still watch. It's fast paced and exciting. Try switching from a hockey game to a baseball game on TV sometime. It looks like the baseball guys are taking a nap!
April 17th Jodie flew back to Hilton NY for her father's service while I flew off to Toronto to do travel show presentations. I actually flew into my old hometown of Detroit, rented a car and drove 250mi to Toronto to save about $400.00 in direct airfare.
Everyday I would leave the Strathy house at about 4:00pm and be stuck in traffic for several hours getting to my shows in near-by Dundas, Oakville, and Missisuga. I'm convinced the traffic in Toronto is worse than LA now! It would take me over 2 hours to drive less than 35 miles.
Finally, on April 26th Jodie and I were home together again for a while. It's been a tough few months for everyone, especially Jodie and her mom. JODIE'S TRIBUTE TO HER FATHERIt goes without saying that these have been some of the most difficult months of my life, yet in many ways I see the blessings in the way that things happened so perfectly. I hadn't been home in over a year, so last December I took a week and flew to Mom and Dad’s for a visit. It was a good visit and we had some great family times together... I got to meet my new grand niece and spend time with my brother and his family as well, and lots of time with mom and dad... who knew that less than a month later dad would suffer a serious stroke? After his stroke on January 2nd I waited to hear what we were facing as John and I began our busy RV show season. Mom called one day and asked if I could come home because she was going to have to take over doing the finances and that was something dad had always done. I flew home and spent a few days with mom and helped get her understanding the books. We also spent lots of time with dad in rehab! It was hard to see him struggle to walk and do some of the most basic things, but at the same time I was encouraged by his determination, strength and sense of humor. We shared many laughs and tears that week.
Dad always had a sense of humor, when we were little he kidded around with our friends all the time. If we had a friend for dinner he would call them by every name but their own. He would tell stories and jokes and make us laugh. He always helped us with our math homework and never understood how we didn't always understand because math was easy for him. When I worked at Kodak I often rode to work with dad. It was fun to really have something in common with him. Kodak was his life for so many years (30+) so we had fun working and kibitzing about his engineers versus the mechanical engineers. And I was someone because I was Gary Blair’s daughter. I was so proud of him and I think that went both ways. I always knew that my dad loved me and was proud of me and would do ANYTHING for me!! He has always been a constant in my life and I am going to miss that security. But I will always be thankful to God for giving us the past few months and the opportunities we had spending time talking, laughing, crying. It was as if God blessed us all with time to say goodbye without us even being aware of it. Dad, I have been blessed by you, I love you and I'll see you again!! See ya on the road, ©2008 John Holod Productions PS: Would you like to have "Tales from the Road" delivered to you every month? It's easy...just sign up for the mailing list by clicking here to drop us a line. |