I spent the evening with a TV star, who ironically was also on TV when I got home. The star was Jim Beaver who is currently in the new series Harper's Island and is also a recurring actor on Supernatural. Jim was out at my local bookstore to promote his new book Life's That Way.
The book is actually a series of emails Jim wrote for his family as his wife was dying from cancer. Her diagnosis came only six weeks after they learned that their daughter was autistic. Jim wrote unabashedly about his fears and grief and in doing so, he unknowingly aided hundreds of other people who were going through the same thing.
His emails were passed from family to friends and friends of friends and soon strangers in foreign countries were writing him to say how much those writings meant to them. It's a poignant tale, certainly sad, but a real beacon for anyone dealing with the slow loss of a loved one.
On a somewhat lighter note...(I can't believe I just said that) Harper's Island knocked off three more people last night bringing the body count to five in just two weeks. This week they tried to cram in too many little stories and I hope that's not the norm. At the end, they showed a crazy trailer for the series loaded with all kinds of action and frights!
And it was so funny to see Jim Beaver as the sheriff on the show after just seeing him in person at the bookstore. I love living in Los Angeles.
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