As many of you well know, my beloved Aunt Crazy Pants passed away after a valiant fight against terminal lung cancer (after never smoking a goddamn cigarette in her life).
By the time cancer was found through an unrelated surgery, it had already spread everywhere but her brain and she was given six months to a year to live in June of 2016. Well, being a feisty little bitch, she survived with cancer 370 days.
While it’s important to remember that when someone may no longer be among us on earth, our relationship with them can still exist, it’s also important to remember the quality of life given during an especially grueling battle with cancer. ACP’s youngest son R. Nasty made sacrifices I can’t say many young adults his age – let alone any adult – would do to care for his dying mother. I mean before being diagnosed with cancer, she was already the most dramatic woman on the planet (like bitching about “having” to pack to go to Hawaii – or any other fabulous destination…yeah, poor thing), so you can imagine the sheer joy the magnification of her theatrics became.
R. Nasty moved in with his mom (all young men’s dream come true) being closest in proximity and able to make accommodations to do so, while his other brothers and extended family lived further away.
He answered every time she hollered with a patient, “yes Mother,” sauntered into her room after every bell ring (a sound that will surely haunt him for the rest of his days), removed an ice cube each time he accidentally put four instead of three into her water and endless other duties that come along with caring for a cancer patient.
My point is, this dude is a fucking saint. Throughout all the treatment routines, doctor’s appointments, therapy, surgeries, etc, ACP’s absolute favorite time was watching The Late Show with Stephen Colbert with R. Nasty every weeknight. Even if she dozed off in the evening as she got more cancer riddled, she wanted to be woken up to watch Stephen Colbert with her son.
In the evening on August 31, 2017 my feisty aunt was taken from home hospice to the hospital. That night, as the end was drawing near, the room full of family was clearing out and R. Nasty leaned in and said, “We’re going to watch Stephen Colbert one more time, Mom.” And that they did. She died at 3am on Friday, September 1st, 2017.
While we’ve partied in every way possible in honor of Aunt Crazy Pants’ love of life, I’d like to acknowledge the sacrifices her son made so selflessly. When asked about it he always says (and still does), “it’s my honor to take care of my mother.”
So how can you show a small token of appreciation in return to a son who lost a friend, a mother and a fucking funny lady all rolled into one? Sister CBXB came up with a great idea, reached out to me to execute (why do I have to do all the work?) and with the help of some letter writing, reaching out to every.single.contact I have and making them reach out to every.single.contact they have, magic happened.
Through the efforts of fabulous friends and the help of family, we were able to pull this shit off and I scored two VIP tickets (yeah, you read that right – VIP bitches) to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. R. Nasty and I will be gracing our small kids in the big city presence in the Big Apple next week for a taping of the show on Wednesday.
Now, I have a hard time finding the bathroom at work, so I have NO CLUE how we will manage roaming a city the size of my home state of Iowa. I’ve never been on a public city bus. I’ve never been on a subway. You’d think that I would have some skills now that I reside in Nashville but sadly, I barely know up from down let alone east from west. Blonde is hard, guys.
I’m certain we will look less like city slickers and more like…
Regardless, I can’t wait to make an ass in the city as big as my ass, with R. Nasty patiently waiting out my shenanigans. Or maybe silently fuming. Either way, it’s gonna be a fabulous way to celebrate ACP’s life with a whopping side of shit show.
Cheers to the craziest fun aunt I got to call mine. We all miss you something terrible but I promise to quietly laugh my ass off at the Colbert show for you next week (after probably tripping and falling down some stairs first).
CBXB
[…] Ever since her passing, my sister and I had been working on how to solidify tickets for R. Nasty to attend the show. You know, kind of a way to honor his mom. Through letters and emails and contacts and friends and acquaintances of friends and husbands of wives who work at Conan O’Brien, who had a friend who writes for The Colbert Show, WE GOT TICKETS. […]
This is the best of AWESOME! Can’t wait to read about your visit!
Blonde. Danish. Viking . You can make the subway. If not, I will fly over from Denmark and asist you.
Just say when.
THANK YOU! Maybe you should just fly over and assist this clueless gal in the big city. 😂 Between Iowa and Tennessee, I’m not the well versed traveler! But I did know enough to avoid JFK! 💖
Oh. My. Goodness! New York City and you will never be the same, Megan. Enjoy the hell out of your trip ‘downstate’ as we say here upstate in Syracuse.
See and be seen, my friend. Here’s to the memory of your beloved Aunt Crazy Pants. Your cousin sounds like a truly great man. Cheers, R. Nasty and Megan.
Thanks Mark! I think I will make my mark on NYC….just not sure how yet. 😁
This kicks ass! Safe travels and have a blast guys! On another note, I have no idea how I got unfollowed from your site! Grrrr….
Oh the fun of technology! I can’t wait for NYC…and the shenanigans that will take place. 💖
As the tears roll down my face and legs, I miss ACP soooooooo much and R. definitely is a saint and his halo shines brightly. Have a wonderful SHIT SHOW!!!!!
We will send you pics and R. Nasty will come back still a saint…on the other hand, I will come back a bigger SHIT SHOW!
I love this!!! ACP was so very lucky to have Pipes as a rock and R. Nasty is so lucky to have family like you and sister CBXB! Have fun in the Big Apple shit show😚😉🤣
I am just trying to keep my photo popping up when you Google shit show. This trip should really amp that up!
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This is one of my all time favorite posts!
Thank you! It’s always so cool when the stars align and good shit happens for good people who are deserving. 💖☘️