Celebrity for a day

Don't we secretly want to be a big celebrity for a day? Just one day where everyone follows you around. Waits on you hand and foot. Runs your errands for you. The only word you ever hear is yes. The only facial expression you ever see is a smile. All the jokes you tell are funny and the stories are interesting. Members of the opposite sex look at you with open admiration.

Sadly most of us never get to have even one day like that. But I have come up with a brilliant plan to give that gift to the ones you love. I've already done it many times for my family. Let them act like parents and siblings of famous people.
My dad has had the chance to be just like Martin Sheen and try explain his drunk sons behavior to law enforcement. My brothers have both walked a mile in the shoes of Emilio Estevez trying to tell people that their brother, who is currently asleep in a potted plant next to them ,is a good guy. It's not easy to make sacrifices like those but we are talking family here. How many mornings have my sisters awoke to the police cars in the driveway? Enough to conjure up the Jane Fonda feeling for sure. How about Paris Hilton with a little weed? Yep, Mom and Dad must have felt like they owned a chain of hotels the day I was arrested.

But one should never limit themselves to just one vice to spread the gift of stardom. So Celine Dion's husband plays poker with their kid to teach him how not to become a gambling addict. I was taking my youngest to the racetrack when he was 4 years old. I will be taking my two boys to the casinos when they look old enough using that logic. Both of my ex-wife's didn't sing much but apparently they got to be just like Celine with a gambling husband. When I crashed my car in a drunken stupor my girlfriend at the time must have felt just a little like Mel Gibson's squeeze. I don't think I spouted any anti-Semitic rhetoric but I really don't remember.

This not a gift that just anyone will accept with open arms. Some people do not feel right talking to strangers about the family. It's to be understood. In fact, you can give this gift too often and it's one you never want to re-gift. The funny part is if stay alive long enough to figure it out you are the one getting the gift. Unconditional love and forgiveness are not easily given yet every time I gave the celebrity gift that is what I received in return. Now it's my turn to accept the celebrity gifts and give the others. Thank God I made it this long. And Thanks to all of you who made sure I did.



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