November 23, 2012

a love story

Gregory Vogel
6:56 PM (18 minutes ago)

to me
O.K.  here it goes...The ONLY thing I would like for my big birthday is a card or wish from Charles Krauthammer.  I think he is the smartest man that is on the news.  So, for me, if you could, could you get Charles to say "Happy birthday to Diane" or to come to your house for cake or to sign a card, you could go and pick it up, or???????  That is what I wish for my birthday.  He is marvelous....that is who, if I were dying, I would want in my hospital room reading or talking, just his voice and his knowledge, ....along with fresh ground coffee beans and classical music....o.k. that's the deal, kiddo.  xoxo mom 
Suzanne Stratmann sstratmann@gmail.com
7:12 PM (2 minutes ago)

to Gregory
god you are getting more and more difficult. 
i have to just tell you this, because at first, it was all:  "when i am dying in my hospital room all i want is an opened bag of coffee beans."  now the beans have to be ground.  i'm sure a pretty bowl will be appeciated, and so i've got money running on how long it takes you to mention that part of the All-Your-Dying-Mother-Wants-Is scenario.  and then you added sibelius.  then you added coop.  now, no more coop, now it's krauthammer, and i have to get him to talk to you or read to you, let alone sit with you in your starbucks-smelling hospital room/deathbed. what am i supposed to do with coop now?  how do i break it to him that his presence is no longer desired?  does this have to do with his coming out?  god mom.  if that is why you've thrown coop out, that is really shocking and maybe your personality is changing and something really is wrong with your brain.  anyway,  i really hope sibelius is dead, otherwise a cd wouldn't be enough, even on a bose, i'd need to be buying up plane tickets for him as well. 

is rubbing your most-likely cramping feet going to be part of what i should let kraut know about the activities to occur during his presence? cause this seems like it could be a deal breaker. 

mom.  don't get me wrong.  i do take this seriously and am trying to please you.  we've talked about this:  i see deaths as marriages, but in reverse and more honest, and as for your consciousness, it really does only happen once as far as we know, (unlike weddings), and so i do want it to be your Dream Death and will do all i can to make it so.  i just fear you are spending too much time creating this whispy event that in actuality, will be in many many years, and will never live up to your fantasies.  half the fun of any event is afterward, reliving it moment-by-moment with someone else who was there, right?  you see the rub, here?

**as an aside, i think we have just created a cottage industry.  we could become death planners. 





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Gregory Vogel
7:18 PM (46 minutes ago)

to me
Wno is coop?   It used to be Shep......but now it's Krauthammer all the way...  and beans....and Sibelius.......I think Charles lives in your area.....in my opinion, this is doable......xoxox mom
Suzanne Stratmann sstratmann@gmail.com
7:24 PM (39 minutes ago)

to Gregory
it was never shep.  it was coop.  anderson cooper. 
you think i forget these things?
you think i CONFUSE coop and shep??  !!! 
Gregory Vogel
7:48 PM (16 minutes ago)

to me
I am so thankful you are my daughter.....so very thankful.... a gift from God.....xoxo mom


Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:24:32 -0500
Gregory Vogel
7:47 PM (16 minutes ago)

to me
No, no never Coop,,,,,,Shep,...but now neither....Charles......He is the best of the best.....in my personal opinion..... xoxo mom


Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:24:32 -0500
Suzanne Stratmann sstratmann@gmail.com
8:03 PM (0 minutes ago)

to Gregory
it WAS coop, thank god i missed the shep phase, and now yes...krauthammer.  i'll get right on it.

you are a fickle fickle woman.  which makes it mean all the more to me that you are still, after woe these 29 long years, glad that i am your daughter.   i am still very glad you are my mother.  and friend.  i love you too!