ATWT: Today's Show (Friday, August 27, 2010) began my mourning process...................

Today's show was really the beginning of the end. It was quite clear during Barbara and Henry's wedding (which BTW was beautiful), more importantly, during Barbara's vows to Henry about all of the mistakes she'd made in the past, her cancer, and the fact that as she put it, "my world will continue to turn". That's when I lost it. That's when the tears started finally flowing for yet another show I will have to say good-bye to after more than 25 years of watching my world turn every afternoon at 1 pm CT. Barbara and Will talking about Hal (boy, I really lost it there............I still miss Benjamin Hendrickson (ex-Hal) dearly). Then Barbara and Kim talking about Barbara's daughter Jennifer and then Kim mentioning that BOTH Jennifer's are there in spirit.

Get your hankies ready gang, next Monday and Tuesday will likely be the hardest shows we'll have to watch that leads up to the finale. It is on Monday that we learn of Nancy Hughes' death and on Tuesday, everyone getting together to do something to honor not only Nancy, but more importantly, Helen Wagner, the woman who played that character for well over 54 years. It really is just a shame she couldn't make it to the end. But in reality, I think Helen's passing was, for lack of better words, God's reminding all of us that nothing is forever. Something must come to an end, just as Helen's life did and just as "As The World Turns" will do on Friday, September 17th, 2010 when the millions of fans who've watched this show for generations or more will bid a fond and bitter farewell to a show we all love so dearly.

I would urge all of you to certainly share your most memorable moments of "As The World Turns" as you've watched this show over the years, whether you've only been watching it in the last five years or you've been watching it for 50.