Yo Steel Neurons and MrGoodStuff,
Thanks for the kind words of support. And also I am glad that you guys still get a benefit from these posts that I used to write prior to starting my show.
Because you asked, here is an update on Henry G...
About 8 or so years ago I received word from a mutual friend that I will call "Big Rick" that Henry G's mom was gravely ill, so I went to visit with Henry G's mom while she was in the hospital. But Henry happened to not be there at the same time as I was visiting. A few days later she passed away. And a few days after that, I attended her funeral service---at which Henry G did the eulogy for her.
We briefly honored her memory by nodding to each other after the funeral, but very few words were spoken. Two years after that, our mutual friend, Big Rick (that same friend who convinced me to attend Henry G's mom's funeral) passed away---and Henry and I were both there attending his funeral service. And after that funeral service ended, we got together and had a long heart-to-heart conversation. He came as close to delivering a full sincere apology during that conversation, then he ever had before... so I decided to accept it and let all the bullsh!t go.
So I will say that we had a reconciliation, of sorts . But we were at that point on two very different paths, and we only talked briefly after that.
Then, I lost my mom due to complications of this pandemic illness around this time last year. When Henry heard of this, he made an outreach to me to offer his condolences, very similarly as I did to him, years prior.
And also very similarly to him, I eulogized my mother for her funeral service too... even though I am not a minister, per se. And I had to do it via video, due to the social distancing concerns and other factors that have been my reality since the pandemic.
So again, I would say that me and Henry G are currently on good terms. In other words, my old attitude of "If I see his ass, I'm gonna whoop his ass!" No longer applies... LOL
So we have an Open Door of reconciliation and possibilities for rebuilding the frienship between us. It is just that at this point, the pressures and responsibilities of our lives now provide us with the perfect excuse for us NOT to take more frequent steps to take advantage of the opportunity.
The only thing I can say is that life is indeed too short. And that the decisions that we make, the relationships that we sabotage or allow to be destroyed, are sometimes the casualties of this war that we're all fighting---to become better men today than we were yesterday.
Much PEACE and RESPECT to all of you Brothers here at So Suave.
V. U.
