One Epic Battle!

 

"More often than not, a hero's most epic battle is the one you never see; its the battle that goes on within him or herself." 

I think we can all agree that we took some history course during our illustrious educational career...RIGHT?

We had to remember dates! We had to remember timeframes! We had to remember the main characters and even sometimes the third or fourth cousin of the hero! (Well maybe not that detailed but it always felt like so much information that potentially would never be useful!)

I have one very, very, NOT immature, important question for you? 

Have you ever heard of...

"The Battle at Thunderblow!" 

Personally I have heard this battle many times over as a kid and it never ceased to amaze me at the share magnitude of power that the two main characters presented with! 

You see in 1946, The Battle at Thunderblow went down and till this day lives in the history books of incredible accomplishments. 

The two main characters were...the charming Lord Windesmear vs. the underdog Mr. Paul Boomer! 

The battle was of epic proportion and included famous feats, such as...

A Triple Flutter Blast, a Flupper, a Fragrant Fuzzy, a Threap, Flotching, a Sissler, a Plotcher, a Trail Blow and who could ever forget the most amazing Thunder Break! 

The critics in the 1940's hailed The Battle at Thunderblow as "A wind breaking virtuosity!"

To this day I can't believe that the world record was broken by the underdog Mr. Paul Boomer with a most magnificent Threap!

I can tell just from the hush tone that you have no idea what I am talking about...you are saying to yourself that your history teacher never covered this magical day in time! 

You see The Battle at Thunderblow is actually known as...The Great Crepitation Contest of 1946! 

That's right...all of this incredible athleticism centered around a FARTING pole! 

I know! I am extremely immature but in all truth I still have a teenage boy in me that thinks farting and farting jokes are still pretty comical! 

And NO...there really wasn't such a thing as The Battle at Thunderblow! 

One memory that I hope to never forget was every Christmas Eve at my Uncle Wayne's house we would break out a vinyl record (I sure hope everyone reading knows what that is...) and we would listen to this 15 minute comical recording of The Battle at Thunderblow! (you can actually just Google it now and listen online). 

I have heard the recording millions of times and probably could repeat much of its content but each and every time felt like a new time listening. 

It might be due to the fact that it was silly humor but my guess was it was due to the highlight that it brought the whole family together during a time of gratitude, a time of celebration and a time when life is suppose to be lighthearted. 

You see diseases like Alzheimer's are quite on the outside. There is no visible look! The hero carries on their journey but inside their brain is struggling to keep up. The hero is on an epic journey fighting like hell to remain strong! 

Unlike a crepitation contest there is no valve release to let out the pressure! 

So how do we help the hero remain on course? We remain calm and share the hell out of as many memories as we can! 

It won't make the neurodegenerative disease go away but what it will do is capitalize on the time we have left. 

Life is meant to be lived! 

Will there be difficult times...ALWAYS! 

Do we need to succumb to the difficult times...NEVER! 

All be can do is continue to put one foot in front of the other...

All we can do is laugh, smile and be grateful for the time we have...

All we can do is never take one second on that clock for granted...

All we can do is be like Mr. Paul Boomer and never let being an underdog stop us from being the hero in this journey...

Make It Count!