I sent a DVD copy of my one-hour interview for the Ellen B Show on URTV (local public access television, and the show with my interview ran at least twice) to my parents. (Send me $5 and I’ll get you a copy.) The interview was on the homeless situation in Asheville, and it included sections on the HomeYes Produce project we are working on with Marc Schechtman and CustomPak (which has as one of its goals the building and staffing of a large, local hydroponics greenhouse), and on the relationship between local police and the homeless.
I was rewarded by the following email.
Gerry,[My parents still refuse to call me Moss]
I wanted to tell you that your mother and I were very proud watching that interview. You
stayed focused and ‘on track’. I’m sure that you will get more help
from that interview than you have gotten from anything else.
Good
Job! And I hope you do make yourself available for other interviews
on that subject as well as the other that you espoused. I hydroponics
is still a coming thing and it needs more exploration and also more
explanation to make people more aware of it. Hope the grocery stores
fall in line for you.
Dad
Here’s the thing. I do not believe my father has ever said “I’m proud of you,” until that email. A couple of years ago, I actually got brave enough to ask my mother if they were proud of me, and she replied, “Of course we are,” in a tone of voice that made me feel stupid for asking but was not very convincing. Well, now I know. After 55 years of being the family “green sheep”, “scapegoat”, and any other weird-but-not-totally-reprehensible role in the family… I have made my family proud of me. You have no idea how much that means to me.
Hugs,
Me
Thanks Moss! I’ll look into the supplements once I get all the test results back and find out what’s actually going on. I’m amazed at how many people have serious problems with their kidneys.