Today is my birthday. Even at 44, I still love birthdays. Not for the gifts (though I d love presents!) but because birthdays are like individual New Years. While I don’t make resolutions, I do think about where I’ve been and where I’d like to go. This year, I thought I’d do something different. I wrote my obituary.
Now, before you are creeped out or wonder WTF I am thinking (!), this isn’t about death. It’s about my life. Who I am now, who I am working to become and what I hope people will remember about me.
So… NYT Best-selling author, Sharron McClellan, died last night at the age of 113.
Sharron is best know to the public for both her action-adventure novels, movies, and in particular, her beloved North Mackenzie character. While she claims that North was not based on her life, she led a life not unlike an action-adventure novel. From the jungles of Indonesia to the Deserts of Africa and the cities of Europe, she traveled the world experiencing various cultures and incorporating them into her books.
Women, in particular, will remember her angryromancegrrl character--a snarky, sarcastic iconic cartoon. From dating to marriage, angryromancegrrl voiced the thoughts and feelings of women worldwide. Sharron was particularly proud of her even though, Sharron said, she made dating hell.
Besides her beloved characters and exciting stories, Sharron is remembered for her fearlessness, her determination to do the ‘right thing’ even when (as she said) it sucked, her desire to never be bored, and her sarcastic sense of humor.
She leaves behind her 4th husband (Name to be inserted at a later time), her pool-boy Javier , her two sisters, Glennis and Heather and her two brothers, Gary and Patrick.
And, of course, Cathy and Tracy, who will be consoling Javier after the burial. Good luck ladies! :D
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And she leaves behind her 90-something-year-old compadre (or would that be co-madre?) in crime Tracy Montoya, who jetted back to the US from her Costa Rican villa, where she spends her time comparing her box office receipts to Sharon's and dictating her next book to her perennially bare-chested 18-year-old house boy, to sob uncontrollably at the funeral.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Or, as Oprah would say, It's your BIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRTH-daaaaaaaaaay!
Have a great one!
And will you PLEASE change that age to 113? Scientists say we're going to live a few decades longer than your average bear, so no use kicking it before you're ready.
Mmmmmmmm Poolboy....
You know, I didn't put HOW I would die but it should involve a pool boy..damned hynopthetical husband!
>>>>And will you PLEASE change that age to 113? Scientists say we're going to live a few decades longer than your average bear, so no use kicking it before you're ready.
You got it!
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You have to either say that you were preceded in death by your 178 year old mega weathy husband or that you leave behind your 4th husband, an 18 year old pool boy. One or the other will suffice : )
And hey! If Tracy can get a mention, where the hell am I? I'd be willing to gondola down from the top of my private mountain where I'd just penned a tell all book about your life ; )
Oh, and happy birthday (even though I called you on your actual birthday, unlike SOME people who forget such things....).
There's always a critic. :) Don't worry, Cathy, I'm leaving you a small island. I'd give you the mountain but since you already have one.....I'll give it to Tracy.
You'll have to fight Tracy for Javier!
>>>>>even though I called you on your actual birthday, unlike SOME people who forget such things....).
Are you insinuating that I forgot!? MOI?
Uh, well, I guess I did. But isn't that our tradition?
I am appeased. Thanks : )
Tracy, I'll draw straws with you for the first crack at Javier. Though being older and likely more prone to nod off at inopportune moments, I *should* get him first : )
I can't believe I forgot you! My bad Amy! But I'm 44 now--you know I have a brain like a sieve! :)Can you imagine what I'll be like at 113??
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