Another Gone

I spent many hours in the month of March, April and May on the The Resident, a medical television drama series. I fell in love with several characters including Dr. Conrad Hawkins and Dr. Mina Okafor whom I wrote about in Never Far.

Another character I fell in love with was the Dr. AJ Austin; a cardiothoracic surgeon. AJ is confident, dramatic, intelligent and very egotistic, he is also kind-hearted and caring when he wants to. He walked with a bounce that said ‘I know what I’m worth’. He talked big but he spoke with his heart. I loved AJ.

He gave me Terver vibes. Terver is my husband.

I made a collage of Dr. AJ and Terver on the 7th of May 2025 and planned to write something about it but I never did. Well, now I guess I have to pen something down.

I writing him a farewell.

Dr. AJ Austin’s character was played by Malcolm-Jamal Warner. I watched Malcolm-Jamal when I was a kid. He was Theodore Huxtable in The Cosby Show. I always imagined I was Rudy Huxtable, so I guess that makes him my make-believe big brother.

This evening, I learned from my older sister that Malcolm-Jamal passed away yesterday.

Maybe I’m just weird, but it hurt more than a strangers death should. Maybe I hoped to see more of him on the screens.

Rest well. Rest on. Peace.

The collage
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Author: Emaistace

wife, mom, sister, daughter, aunty, friend. writing my everyday thoughts as they pop up.

10 thoughts on “Another Gone”

  2. I have somehow kept running into Cosby show excerpts of him on FB for several months now… So, he has become like a companion. Then ti hear he did this evening
    …just laidat
    …

    Painful. May he find rest.

    Well done on the tribute
    Finely put.

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