The host opens with a light musical anecdote, greetings, and reassurance. This section establishes the Cadre Today purpose and creates a calm, caring frame for the episode.
The host opens with a light musical anecdote, greetings, and reassurance. This section establishes the Cadre Today purpose and creates a calm, caring frame for the episode.
The host names the episode and recounts the recent loss of his dog Hamilton, the year of firsts afterward, and the arrival of a new dog, Franklin. He also describes small reminders, like photos of Kurt Vonnegut with his dogs, that surface thoughts about death and grief.
The host invites viewers to be wary of oversimplified solutions and acknowledges that grief is complex and sometimes just a hard day. He encourages being present, doing what you need to do, and writing your own story for how you move through loss.
A brief sign-off concludes the episode with a short farewell and a final reflective sentiment about gratitude and life.
One, two, three, four. And I'll hit the pause. That's the Happenings singing I Got Rhythm, the old, old musical theater tune from the 20s being sung by a rock band in the 60s. It's kind of the cool thing about humanity, right? We can pick something up from a million years ago and breathe new life into it because our perspective, our connection gives it life. And the happenings are a great example of that, singing a song that you may not recognize until you recognize it. And then you go, oh, and then even 60 years later, it's a good summer tune on this late summer Sunday.
I hope you're doing good, everybody. I'm glad I'm here. I'm glad you're here. I know the things I know and I care about you. This is Cadre Today, your daily reminder that you are always incredibly capable, incredibly worthy of doing the things you do, even on the days that you may not feel like you have everything that you had yesterday. The title of today's Cadre Today, if you saw, Cadre Today, Death, Grief, and Stuff. Woo, there's a fun one. One year ago tomorrow, but it was on Sunday, so it feels like today, my pup Hamilton died.
And so for the last year, it's been a year of first days for 365 days of not having Hamilton around. And then sooner or later, Franklin came to replace Hamilton as the third dog in the house. So now all of a sudden that begins another round of like, oh, Like we see Hamilton and Franklin and we see the differences and the similarities. And again, all these things continue to vamp and revamp. And all of a sudden, I got this photo of Kurt Vonnegut, one of my favorite authors, running down the beach with his pup.
And I got this photo of Kurt Vonnegut sitting on his bed, smoking a cigar with his other pup. And all these little things that serve as reminders, whether you want them or not, of death and the process of grief and all the stuff that goes along with it. Here's my invitation for you today. Whenever you're dealing with the good stuff, the bad stuff, and someone offers you an oversimplified pathway to dealing with it, Make sure you don't get taken in to a space where you go, well, this should be my answer, but it doesn't satisfy, it doesn't make the bad stuff go away.
Take everything with the reality that life is complex. And on the days where you go, oh my gosh, this is a hard day. Maybe it's a hard day and it's going to be a hard day. And yes, You will get through it. Yes, there will be things that will help you get through it. But the stuff will always be the intangible, the thing that there isn't something to say to. So if today is a day you're dealing with death and the residual grief from loss, and then all of a sudden that icky monster in the corner, all the stuff shows up, do what you need to do.
Be where you need to be and write your own story as to how you moved from where you were to where you are. Bye, y'all. You could ask for anything more.
