Please Read This Inportant Update from Larry

Hi guys, it’s Larry. 

This is not a chapter just an update about us right now to let you know what’s happening around here. We were working on our next chapter, and I am doing it now, it should be posted soon for you.

I’m writing because Marc is very upset and isn’t handling it very well. A couple of weeks ago, our Pops took a really bad fall when we weren’t home to help him. That’s kinda why Marc is so upset at himself and I’m trying real hard to help him get over it.

Marc and me were out for the whole day, just goofing off, you know doing stuff because we wanted to. And we went grocery shopping too, so it wasn’t just goofing. Pops suggested that we take a day for ourselves and not feel bad that he didn’t want to go along with us. He knows we need time together and I love him so much for knowing that.

Anyhow, sometime in the day when we were out, Pops fell outside and hurt his back real bad, he couldn’t get up at all. And he didn’t have his iPhone Marc bought him some time ago too. He was in the backyard and doesn’t know why he fell at all. He fell on the cool deck cement and hit his head but didn’t knock himself out. We found him outside when we came back home looking for him inside, since his car was still parked in front of the garage. 

Poor Marc just about freaked out when he saw Pops on the ground just lying there, we didn’t know what to think. Did he have a heart attack or something else bad, I didn’t even think about just falling down. It’s a good thing we were not gonna be gone longer than a few hours. I know now that we won’t ever let him be all by himself if we are gone for a long time again. At least he has Bill and Tony to stay with or have them stay here.

We brought him to the ER at Kaiser in Roseville to check out if he broke any bones or whatever. We were there for hours, and he had what they told me was a “party pack” of CT scans, like 5 of them to see everywhere on his body. At least he didn’t break any bones, but he hurts so much it makes me want to cry. He can’t lay down in his bed and can only sit up in an easy chair with his legs up. 

I called Bill up in Auburn and told him about the fall, but not much else. He and Tony were at the house by the time we got back home from the hospital. They were kinda shaken up by his fall and we told them to stay here with us, they have a bedroom here so it’s no problem at all. That was a couple of weeks ago, and Pops still hasn’t been able to use his bed yet for the whole night. The poor guy hurts so much. I guess when you get older, falling is a lot harder than it is for us at our age. Trust me I don’t wanna go check out how much it would hurt if I fell like Pops did!  Bill and Tony have been back and forth to the house often in the last couple of weeks to take care of Pops. That is so kind of them and sometimes I can’t believe how nice it is to have friends like them in your life.

Unfortunately, Marcus is having a hard time dealing with Pops fall and is not getting over that it’s our fault leaving him alone. I tried to tell him that Pops would not like to hear him say that at all. Pops is a very independent man and would never want to think that he needed someone to watch over him. I get what bothers Marc, me too you know. Well, we all take care of Pops, and his buddies helped him in the shower the first couple of days even though Pops said he was gonna be okay in the shower. But no way, the guys made sure he was always gonna be safe. It’s not like a privacy thing, we’ve all been naked together in the pool, nothing new to see there. I’m glad we have that kind of place here; we take care of each other. Bill and me have been talking about how to get Marcus to let go of the guilt, because that’s what it is. It’s not anyone’s fault he fell, he just fell. Now we need to make sure he has something to help him if it happens again, I know there are bracelets that you can get to call for help, maybe it’s time for him to get one. If he had his phone on him, he coulda called for help, but it looked like he was going to go into the pool because he was only in his boxers and there isn’t a pocket to hold a phone. I can see why Marc is having such a hard time, but it’s not his fault or even Pops fault. Accidents happen right?

 Well, that’s been our life for the past few weeks now and it did make us stop writing the next chapter for a while. I’m gonna take it on myself. I know enough of you guys like when I write a chapter so that’s what I’m gonna do. We were doing a Question-and-Answer chapter, and it was a lot of fun answering some pretty out-there questions, but we did, and we were starting to put it together for you guys. Marcus is not in a place in his head right now to do what he knows how to do, so I’m gonna try my hardest to pull this thing off for you guys.

 Just so you know where we are right now. Marc found a bunch of gay couple's questions and then we asked if you guys had some of your own questions you’d like us to answer. Billy and Michael had questions that we added or adjusted the questions to match. I had a copy and Marc had a copy and then we answered them and didn’t show our answers until we were both done. Marc was gonna put my answers and his answers under the questions and then we were gonna write what we had to say to each other after seeing each other’s answers. We were kinda at that point when Pops fell and then Marcus couldn’t find the time away from Pops to get back to it. I decided that I could try and make some sense of what we wrote and said to each other. Give me a little more time and I’ll post what we came up with. I think you’ll get a really good idea of who we are now and maybe what our future will look like.

 If you have a minute and want to write to Marcus and make him feel better, please do. I shoulda figured that he would be affected this way if something happened to his Pops one day. Don’t think that I don’t have the same feelings too because I do. Pops is the most special man in my life after Marcus, I love him so much and I know he loves me. But Marc and Pops go back to before Marc was born. Besides, Pops is his God Father and became his guardian after his parents died, it is a very special bond they have together, I know that.

 Okay, I’ll work real hard to get the chapter done as soon as I can, and I hope you like it.

Larry

 BTW, Pops is doing much better today, but he still takes pills to relax his back plus lots of Tylenol too, in case you wondered about him.

Here a link to the next posting by both of us:

https://brosgonerogue.blogspot.com/2023/09/questions-and-answers-about-us-today.html