Tapping Back into Laughter After Vision Loss

And even w- in my work for the Crisis Intervention Center here in town, I was the outreach director for a couple years, and I had to do a lot of suicide prevention talks.

And like, well, like, man, you can't u- be funny with that.

Well, you know, suicide preven- you're talking about emotions, and I have a great story about emotions that I would lead with that...

You know what? I'm gonna treat you to that right now.

So Ricky, did you ever experience the movie Titanic?

Yes.

Okay.

So back in the day, I went to see the movie Titanic with- more because my wife wanted to go.

And I especially wanted to support her, 'cause she's a nurse, hospice nurse, oncology nurse, all the things.

And I thought, "I better go to this movie just to be there for her, 'cause this is gonna melt her.

I mean, this is an emotional...

You know, I'm gonna be there to support her." But I thought, told myself, "You know, I'm a man.

Now I'm going to this movie, and as a man I can't" what?

You can't cry.

You can't show emotion.

Yeah.

That's right, Ricky.

[laughs]

No crying.

No crying.

You gotta support the man card, the brand.

You gotta support the brand, all those things.

So I told myself I wasn't gonna cry.

Then in the movie, and the ship goes down, you know what's gonna happen.

But then they put these little scenes in there.