There is nothing like seeing the announcement of the death of one of those you admire to put a dent in your day.
I was crunching along on Kait's lectures with impressive focus and speed when the news flash about the passing of Roger Ebert came across my screen. And with a snap, my motivation was gone.
As with many of my age, I grew up with Roger Ebert seeing him on TV as my parents watched his weekly show 'At the Movies' where he and Gene Siskel reviewed the latest movie releases and gave them either a thumb up, or a thumb down.
Later as an adult, Charles and I came to rely upon Ebert's movie reviews to decide if a movie was worth spending what few dollars we had on date night. He was also the one we looked to when, after watching a movie and having a 'what was THAT all about' moment to see if his words could provide any clarification. We became so reliant on Ebert's opinion, that even now we ask 'What did Roger say?' before settling on a movie to see at the theater.
Charles's is an avid reader of Ebert's blog and his twitter feed. Over the years, Charles has sent me links to those entries that he felt explained something he felt, or that he thought was particularly insightful or touching.
Over the course of our life together there has been one question that remained unanswered. That was, until Charles sent me an email with the following link and the simple statement...
"The words that Roger uses are far better than anything I could ever come up with to answer your question of why I love and am in love with you."
Many tears have been shed since learning of Ebert's passing. For the words that will be left unwritten, sentiments unexplained and observations or controversies to be documented. We have also shed tears for Roger's wife. Our heartfelt condolences are with her and her close ones and we wish her strength in the long days ahead of her, and the ability to mourn when she is able.
Now that he is no longer with us in body, we hope that his spirit lives on through his website rogerebert.com and the legacy that he leaves behind.
You are already missed Mr Ebert. I hope that you and Siskel are busily at work catching up with each other now that you are rejoined. Perhaps that will be the new reasoning behind the thunderstorms that so heavily populate Colorado's summer nights.
~ Amy
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