The Beat Goes On
Yesterday was the end of my time with Glenn, Mariko and the kids. I leave with my energy on empty, but my heart well full. What a gift this time they have given me, I depart enriched.
I am excited to start cutting this footage. While most of the events weren’t exactly what I thought I’d be shooting, the footage is better than I could have hoped for, and will serve the truth of Glenn’s story in ways I could never have imagined.
With all that has happened, I wonder if Glenn feels as good about our time as I do. I can’t imagine how, considering I’ve rammed a camera up his life for the past month, but it wouldn’t surprise me if he was moved in some way.
But I guess the reality is, for him, those kinds of thoughts just aren’t important right now. What is important is that yesterday was Parent/Teacher day, where the kids got to show all the work they had done this semester to Mom & Dad.
Yesterday, it seems, was a day of joyful tears and much laughter… yesterday was perfect.
And all this from a family whose father lost a big fight last weekend… would have devastated some… would have devastated the Kulka’s of old.
You want to really know how Glenn took the loss?
On Monday morning after the fight he opened his radio show by instructing his listeners to open their morning papers to page 41 in the sports section. There they would find on the top left hand corner of the page a color photo of Glenn at the fight… flat on his back unconscious.
“That’s about how my weekend went… how was yours?” Glenn asked.
And then he laughed.
