First New Orleans and now the devastation in Los Angeles.
2025 has opened quickly with pain and suffering.
George turned to me at dinner time and said that this whole thing reminded him of Billy Joel.
I replied, “what are you some sort of smart ass or something?”
He explained to me how the lyrics in “We didn’t start the Fire,” are all about tragedy in history. George continued to explain how tragedy is unfortunately another consistent story through time.
It just happens that the current situation is a tragic fire in California.
The conversation forced me to listen to the Billy Joel song that came out at the end of the eighties.
I listened to the song and read the lyrics simultaneously. It covers interesting topics from the 1950’s into the ‘80’s. That thirty year span seems innocent compared to the events that have scarred history since the 1990’s.
I apologized to George for misunderstanding him at first and complimented him on how smart he is with starting a deep conversation.
I told him that I took his Auntie Amy to see Billy Joel when that song came out. We went to the Rosemont Horizon in early 1990 and he rocked the place.
“You are really old dad!”
And again I had to reply, “What are you some sort of smart ass or something?”
More prayers and thoughts are sent out to the victims of another historic event.
I always pray to heaven to keep this sort of shit away from my doorstep. Tragedy seems to find its way, but it is when tragedy occurs that we lean on the straight F’s we receive in life….
FOUNDATION: FAITH, FAMILY and FRIENDS.
Go out and tackle Thursday
