Elaine Whittingham Please Come Home

The title of the next Broadway musical?

My next murder mystery thriller?

A police scanner call?

None of the above.  If I were terribly creative or a cunning whit or a bard, I might be able to write the next stage hit of the century.  If I didn’t already have three books partially finished, I might be able to use the missing Elaine as a featured character in yet another mystery novel.  If I had friends on the police force, I might be able to get them to send out an all points bulletin.

But since the ‘ifs’ are either impossible or too daunting, I got on Facebook and penned a desperate private message to Elaine.  It was simple yet heart felt.

“Elaine, we miss you.  We need you.  Please come back to our page and entertain us.”

Good fortune was with me.  Elaine was right there to answer my plea.  I don’t want to embarrass her by repeating what she said but it was basically this:  We write serious, important things, and she just tells stories.

Well, yes Elaine, that is exactly why we need you!  The world needs to be entertained.  It’s the entertainment that puts the balance back in life, puts the Cheery in Cheerios, it feeds us and helps us go forward with renewed spirit and vigor.

You pen a good yarn, casting out your net with your magical words, leading us on, then, finally drawing us in with the surprise ending. Captured and delighted.

We do need you.

Elaine Whittingham, please come home.