overcast

the skies

and

my heart

are 

heavy 

this day

silly 

maybe

but 

today 

at 1 p.m. EDT

the last network televised episode of 

All My Children

will air.

41 years 

of 

new episodes daily

except 

for major holidays 

when they re-ran some episode that maybe sort of or not tied into what the current storyline was  

a show 

that was once great 

it

dealt with social issues 

as well as the 

soapy absurd

but 

suffered in recent years 

due to the arrogance 

of the not so brilliant head of something or other 

at 

ABCDisney 

a man, Brian Frons, who 

decided 

perhaps as soon as he got the job 

that no one wanted to watch soaps.  

Whatever.  

I am sad 

I wont come home

after a long day dealing with reality 

to an escape 

albeit for only 45 minutes 

(without commercials, that's what the Fast Forward button is for) 

it was something 

I counted 

on to let me 

forget 

whatever 

upset 

or 

bugged me.  

Pine Valley with all its wacky citizens:

"The Great and the Least,

The Rich and The Poor,

The Weak and The Strong,

In Sickness and in Health,

In Joy and Sorrow

In Tragedy and Triumph

You are 

ALL MY CHILDREN"

thank you

Agnes Nixon

for some of the 

best 

silliest 

out there 

soapy 

characters and story lines

evah.