Funny thing happened on the way to the hospital part 2: Rap attack!

Quick update, mom is improving and barring any major changes will go home today or perhaps tomorrow, please keep her in prayer.


Now with a little more sleep in me allow me to continue to share.  The two boys mother showed up after a long day at work and greeted us and began to attend to her mother.  They talked about the previous night and apparently the youngest grandson stayed up too late after having what his mother called "a rap attack."  The image in my head of me tired but rising up from bed with a Huey Lewis Harmonica attack came into my mind, and I laughed.

Hey man...got something for you

Um sure whats that?

A Zelda Rap I made just for you....

This should be interesting I thought....

(Disclaimer---from my memory might have been slightly different)

Zelda... be out hunting

Evil be around but he aint running

Goona save the princess and save the world 

Not sure how to rhyme about tri-force



I loved every bit of it, even if NERD ALERT Link was really behind the rescue.  Carry on!

I thanked him for the rap, and we talked about how little I recall about Rap (Sorry Jessie May still love you)

Mom at this point woke up and wanted see if her roomie was ok? and we shared some laughter and smiles,

and with that we began to get ready to leave for the night.

Erin, was going to stay and I would go home as I had a pretty nasty chest cold and was losing my voice.

Kissed my love, and then came in another grandson, a little older with a little boy and his wife.  We talked
about kids, discovered we adopted in the stream of things and we talked about the joy of kids. Since Erin was staying and it was a shared room we had to be moved a few doors down.  We promised to see them again and after a few more fist bumps and hugs we were on our way


 All this fellowship, this example of devotion just stirred something inside of me.  I acknowledge I am different and this may not be how everyone handles things but something about kindness, respect, and friendliness just does something to me.  Maybe that's why I have been manning a phone for 15 years :-)

Next morning, bought them a card wishing their grandma a full recovery and got them a couple of gift cards, not because I'm great or my wife, or I was trying to seek any praise, but just because I wanted to thank them for their love to my mother and to us.

I arrived and it was the grandsons visiting mom asking if she goona get another big mac, she laughed and said pot roast today my friend and after a few minutes he started to leave...

Aren't you going to give me a hug young man?

Can I??  sure!

Mom's blood pressure has been back and forth and as we tried to help her sleep I learned that the grandsons were leaving perhaps for the rest of the day.  It was then my mother said "you better go tell them good bye.

I made my way over with erin and after a few smiles, handed them the card, It was then the smiles came to tears.

Why did you do this??

You are good people!

I mean I just don't understand...you don't see my ...and for the first time he hesitated

Your color?

Yeah...

You are right, I don't "see" it I see a young man who loves his family his grandma and my mom you just happen to be black and I am a older balding fat man who happens to be white.

We hugged, "you are now my brother, I will never forget you Mr Bridgers, can I rap for you one more time?

Sure man, let it rip (probably a more hip response, but my hips hurt usually)

I won a talent show at school with this take a listen... (from memory)

Hundreds of years we were in chains

too many years spent as slaves

people all excited about the president you see

but it cant be all about him  change has to start with me

Education, knowledge that is the key

Stay in school and try to believe

keep love in your heart as Jesus says

and try to treat others as friends.

Did you like it?  You know my grandma got up on the stage with me and rapped

I couldn't form words for a moment, remembering growing up, remembering my father's confederate flag and putting that little scholastic newspaper announcing the official Martin Luther King holiday next to it writing "take down the flag dad"  He did.  Our family for its warts and failings strive to love others and I am thankful for that.

Did you like it?!!!??

Yes I did,you keep the meaning of the song together change those hearts and minds and remember the love the Christ has for you, you will do amazing things.  You are amazing!

So much love, and we parted ways, noticing...there was no curtain dividing us anymore, all started with cutting up a salad


Mom, we love you thank you for loving us and loving others