The View From Here – The One That Broke Our Hearts

This one hurts.  News broke this weekend that Friends actor Matthew Perry passed away.

I don’t know about you, but the older I get, the harder this stuff is to handle.  How can Chandler be gone?  He was only 54.  He had been through so much and was on the other side of the struggle.

He wrote the book.   He opened up.  He was helping other people with their struggles.   He was gifted.  He was talented.  He was so incredibly funny.

So how can he really be gone?  How can there be a world with Matthew Perry one day and then one day where he is no longer here?

I’m crushed.  So are so many others.   I didn’t even know him.  He wasn’t my family.  We weren’t close.  I never met him other than through a tv screen.

He made me laugh out loud til I cried more times than I can count, but he could always play a very serious role when needed.

Incredibly sad.  The more I watch old clips and interviews, the harder the news hits.

Yep, we remember him as Chandler.  But he did other shows.  For those of us older kids (smile), do you remember him on Growing Pains?  He played a role on that show.  Among other shows and movies too.  But I think it was Friends where we really got close.  He was there with the one liners, the jokes.   

What was your favourite episode of Friends?  Did you have a favourite line?  Something that sticks out.

I’ve reserved his book from the library so I can read about his life story that inspired so many since it’s release last year.  So incredibly sad.  Matthew Perry – thank you for the gift of laughter you brought to the world.  So many of us had our spirits lifted by your comedy.   We felt we knew you – even if we never met.

Thinking of his loved ones at this difficult time.  Sending love and prayers in their direction.   This one is going to hurt for a long time.

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This post was written by Carrie Buchanan