Break it to Me Gently #Disneyland

The YouTube video I watched over coffee this morning was FreshBaked’s live show from last night. You can watch it here.

Basically, David and Liz and the people in the chat were discussing all the changes around Disney and Disneyland right now. When will Disneyland open, Splash Mountain’s redo, and other unPC rides. As I’ve said before, I don’t think we need to rewrite American history and erase the stories of the people who lived before us. When they do that, I feel like they’re also erasing me.

If you must take Disneyland away from me, please do it after I’m gone. Disneyland means more to me than a theme park. I was there when it was being built. I saw Walt. I lived 8 miles down the road. It’s home. It’s family. It’s compensation for my mother sending my father a “Dear John” letter while he was…

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Kathy grew up in Southern California near Disneyland and the beach with a book in one hand and a transistor radio in the other. She began writing stories about family and wrote her first song with a childhood friend. They called themselves the “Screamie Birds.”

When she was reunited with her father, she discovered that music and baseball are part of her family heritage. Her grandpa was, not only a musician, but a pitcher in the minor leagues. And while she considers herself a Los Angeles Angels baseball fan, the first pro baseball game she attended was the Dodgers vs. SF Giants at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers won that game, but later her father told her, “The Dodgers will break your heart.”

He read everything she wrote, getting to know his daughter through her writing. Letters on Balboa Island was his favorite, but before he passed away, he told her to “Keep writing. You must fulfill your destiny.” Powerful words from a father to a daughter.

Break it to Me Gently #Disneyland

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