Due to our parish’s annual New Year’s Party, I thought I would miss out on Dick Clark’s much anticipated appearance before the Ball dropped in New York. Given the press reports, I thought the 76-year old teenager would make a token appearance at the beginning of the broadcast, and that would be it.
Coming home early, I walked in and flipped on the TV around 11:30 (EST) …
I was shocked.
Oh my! He looked a little older. He had energy! You could only understand every other word! Yikes!
Within moments I raced through a whole range of emotions and opinions: He shouldn’t be on TV … How sad … Boy this took guts … What did he say? Etc.
In the end, I thought it was a courageous decision and, having grown up with the annual show (at least the final countdown), I was glad I tuned in.
“I think it’s awesome,” said Leanne Hendrix, who was 26 when she had a stroke three years ago.
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