I am so sad to say that Kenny Scordo has passed away. Beyond my family, he is singularly the person who has most dramatically shaped my life. I met him in a dive bar in NJ in the late 80s and it was love at first sight. We dated for 3 memorable and inseparable years! He was a stockbroker in NYC at the time so he introduced me to nonstop FNN, Fanny Maes, and penny stocks. He explained shorting a stock while taking a shower. He taught me to be financially sophisticated. He never slept. He would say that he can increase his living by 1/3 if he didnt sleep. Once I went to his apartment in sweats because we were going to Burger King for dinner. I got in his car and we ended up in Atlantic City playing Black Jack...all night...arriving home just in time to shower and dress for work the next day. He taught me to always be ready! Our first trip together, I show up with my suitcase (without wheels way back then). I walk away and so does he...with my suitcase still on the floor. Im from the South so I look at him like arent you going to carry my suitcase and he says to me You pack it, you carry it.. Ken taught me to be self reliant and to...well, carry my own baggage. I have since learned to travel lightly, both literally and figuratively. At the time, NYC had a law that if you got caught buying pot on the street, theyd impound your car and take ownership of it. So one Sunday afternoon, Im driving us around Manhattan in MY car, and he jumps out of MY car at a stoplight (without any warning) and Im thinking...WTH (or maybe its WTF since were in NY)?? Then I see him approaching a man on the corner and I decide I am going to leave his little ass in NYC and I am going home. Being the super sprinter that he is...he caught up with me a few blocks later and jumped in the car grinning that grin. I was so pissed and laughing hysterically at the same time. Not sure what this taught me...that love is complicated? That you can love and hate someone in the same moment? That humor goes a long way? That some risks are worth taking...??? Mostly, that some memories are just worth making! And the road trips...I have seen all of New England, skied all the resorts, visited Slippery Rock...in a weekend leaving after work on a Friday afternoon, we drive to Slippery Rock Homecoming arriving well into the night, from there we drive to Bradford PA where he is from and he is knocking on his Grandmothers door at 3am! She opens the door with a delighted smile (and not surprised at all) and gives Ken a hug. We leave the next morning for Niagara Falls and Canada, then back to NJ by Sunday evening. Ken taught me to bend time! To just go! To visit people along the way, no matter the time. And Ken was all about the Truth. He said only the truth hurts and you cant argue with the truth. I still quote him on that! He told everyone the truth all the time, so there were a lot of people who couldnt hang with him. I learned from Ken to acknowledge the truth to myself, but that sometimes its best kept to myself. After our relationship ended, Ken moved to CA and eventually married and had children. When I received his first family Christmas card, I said to him Your wife looks exactly like me!. He said and you look exactly like my college girlfriend who looks exactly like my high school girlfriend. His current love, Heather, is a very beautiful woman, so if anyone thinks we look alike, Id be flattered. But most of all, as Ken was struggling to stay alive, all I could think of was that he was the only person that could corroborate my ghost story! We lived together IN A HAUNTED HOUSE the last year of our relationship!! I didnt believe the stories my old roommates told me about the house, but sure enough, Ken and I are visited by the ghost on none other than Halloween at exactly midnight! At first we thought we were being robbed, Ken was crouched on the edge of the bed ready to pounce the intruder if he opened the bedroom door...anyway, every Halloween, Ken calls me and asks Do you believe in ghosts? because neither of us did except for the one that came to visit us! I will miss that call....
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 03:39:35 +0000
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