Thank you so much! I appreciate that. I’m happy that my words had that effect on you. Yeah, the reminder about not needing to be strong all the time is one I need every now and then. Because I was taught to believe that, it’s been a hard task to get out of that mindset. Thank you once again!

LAUREN! I appreciate your touching words as always. It’s incredible to learn how much strength we have when we’re going through tough periods in our lives. I’m grateful to know you and call you a friend as well. Keep being you as well. <3 Gerald.

Thank you, Kayjah for your touching words! Keep fighting and striving I shall. I hope 2023 is going well for you so far and that good things have come true for you.

Will do! I’ll let you know when I finish. That sounds exciting! Thank you, Lauren. I’m grateful as well. I still can’t believe we’ve crossed paths sometimes, but I’m glad it happened. <3 Gerald

Lauren!!! Yep. Haha. I need to start working on it again. I can’t wait to finish it and am thrilled for you and others to read it. I appreciate your kind words very much, Lauren. I’m glad our paths crossed too and to be a part of The Unsealed. Thank you for your light. 🙂 Gerald

Thanks, Kayjah. Yeah, it was the first celebrity death that really shocked me. I didn’t want to believe it. I didn’t watch him for years until I finally accepted that he was gone. That’s cool that you used to watch his shows when you were younger. It’s wild to believe that he has been gone for 14 years now.

Thanks, Roger.

Mr. 3000 is a good movie. You’re right about his character going through a journey to become a team player. I love Head Of State! That’s one of my favorite movies! Chris Rock and Bernie Mac were so good together. Bernie killed me throughout the whole movie. Yeah, it’s wild that Barrack Obama became president a few years after that movie came out. Yeah, Sarcoidosis made life hard for him toward the end of his life. His persistence to keep people laughing through it is admirable.

That’s a shocker. You would think a mechanic working for universal studios would be a master with fixing a bus. It’s good you were on the scene and knew how to react to the problem.

What a story. You saved the day, Roger. I got to look up shooting stars. It sounds like it’s going to be a good movie. I hope your scene makes it.

Jack Reacher was filmed in Ohio too? Wow. You were a background actor too with Caroline, in a movie about Lebron James? Incredible stuff man. I hope your scene makes the cut too.

I love Unstoppable. One of my favs by him. That’s wild that the movie was filmed in Ohio too. A lot of movies have been filmed there it seems. That part where he’s on top of the train running is amazing. He picks his roles very well.

He really has. Antwone Fisher is a powerful movie. I agree. He’s a talented director too. That’s amazing it was filmed in Cleveland. It looked like it was filmed in Detroit too.

This is a great letter, Roger to a powerful actor and man. I was thinking about doing a letter to Denzel or Sam Jackson the day we did these letters. I’ve been an admirer of Denzel since I saw him in ”Remember The Titans”. The power in his acting blew me away and made me a big fan. Then I saw him in ”Malcolm X”. How he was able to become Malcolm in that movie was hypnotizing to me. Once again, his acting power gave me goosebumps. His strength and integrity in the various characters he’s played like the others you mentioned with Glory, John Q, Crimson Tide, The Great Debaters, etc inspires me to be the best person I can be. Just a remarkable actor and human being.

Sounds good! My Instagram is curiousone10. Good point about the word count. I didn’t even think about that. I hate that you’re going through what you’re going through. Sorry to hear that you suffer from alexithymia too. I gotta look that up. What a word. It’s a hard road to recover from a loss. If only the process was easier for us all, that would be great.

I understand. If you like, I can give you my email address or we can connect on a social media site so you can share it with me and not publicly. I emphasize what you’re feeling. It’s a tough road to go through. I hope writing about it helps. I wish I knew about writing when I was navigating through my mom and grandad’s passing. Maybe that would have made the process smoother for me…IDK. It’s hard to put into words what our loved ones mean to us. We can only express that the best we know how.

That’s awesome that you do your nonfiction for her. You’re right. We all grieve differently and we grieve in different time periods. Some people can grieve quickly while others need a long time to grieve. I definitely believe that you want her to come back and give her all the love you can. For your parents to be in awe of what you wrote says how great of a writer you are!

You’re welcome. I’m glad Lauren mention you in her reply so that I could read your letter. I also hope that we can talk and heal together. I believe it that your family took it differently. That’s great that you wrote for her. I would love to read the letter you wrote to her at her funeral. I bet it’s really touching. I totally understand not wanting to go to her grave. That image of seeing my mom’s grave is all I’ve known for 21 years now. I wish she could rise up or come down from above and talk to me and my family again. That would be a great Christmas present. I enjoyed reading your reply and hope we can talk again soon also! That’s awesome! What I’ve read from you so far is incredible!