A little over two months ago my
grandson Nicholas found the cartoon show Phineas and Ferb when he was going
through a very challenging period of his 10-year-old life.
The show gave him great solace.
Nic asked his grandmother — my wife
Joan — to PVR every episode, which she did. We began watching Phineas and Ferb
back to back, and within days, Joan and I could sing the show’s theme song,
word for word.
Phineas and Ferb is a delightful
show about two brothers who finding interesting, and fun, things to do on their
summer vacation. They build things and take wild adventures — showing the magic
of a powerful mind and its of the imagination.
The show has a wonderfully, zany
sub-plot with Doctor Heinz Doofenshmirtz — my favorite character because of his
all-over-the-map personality — and his nemesis Perry the Platypus, who always
foils the good doctor’s somewhat off-the-wall evil plan.
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At the end of every episode,
somehow, the plots collide and
erase the antics of Phineas and Ferb, much to the disappointment of their
sister Candace just before she is about to show their mother what the brothers
have done.
The show is deep-rooted with music,
good music.
Nic re-watches many episodes, but
there’s one he watches over and over. He especially re-winds a song Candace sings
to her mother, and Nic watched it countless times last week.
Joan and I paid close attention to
Nic in the last few days, with Mother’s Day approaching. We knew it might be
difficult since his mother passed away in early March.
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| Our grandson Nicholas |
Nic has been very strong. He has
handled the situation with courage and only a few times has he openly cried in
front of us.
But on Friday, as he was watching
Candace sing, tears were in his eyes.
“I wish,” he said, not letting his
emotions take control, “Mommy could hear this song.”
I know, Nic, she does.
