Remember when: Catching Fireflies
Could Happily Occupy An Entire Evening?
“Just after church this past Sunday I heard a loud laugh & turned thinking I knew exactly where that sparkling sound must be coming from…my amazing friend Linda Arnold, to my great regret it was just another stunning blond with an infectious laugh.
That laugh made me remember all the special moments we had shared laughing, crying & making it through life one day at a time. The very next morning I got an e-mail from Linda letting me know that she had thought of me Sunday too…funny how things work out isn’t it?”
Here is some of what Linda included in her e-mail to me….
How’s This For Nostalgia?
It took three minutes for the TV to warm up?
You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked,
and gas pumped, without asking, all for free,
every time? And you didn’t pay for air?
And, you got trading stamps to boot?
When being sent to the principal’s office
was nothing compared to the fate that
awaited the student at home?
Basically we were in fear for our lives,
but it wasn’t because of drive-by shootings,
drugs, gangs, etc.
Our parents and grandparents were a much
bigger threat! But we survived because their
love was greater than the threat.
…as well as summers filled with bike rides,
Hula Hoops, and visits to the pool, and eating
Kool-Aid powder with sugar.
Didn’t that feel good, just to go back and say,
‘Yeah, I remember that’?
How Many Of These
Do You Remember?
Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored
sugar water inside.
Candy cigarettes
Coffee shops with Table Side Jukeboxes.
Click below to hear Owl City’s Fireflies…very Nostagic!
HOWEVER, IF THERE IS ONE FLAW IN WOMEN,
IT IS THAT THEY FORGET THEIR WORTH.
