Jmm | Monday, March 03, 2003 - 07:43 pm     Hunter, I just wanted to say that I so enjoyed your post. You spoke of the kinds of things that make great memories, it isn't the big trips, or gifts, or monetary things in life that make great memories. I look forward to getting to know you better, I have a feeling we will get along great. Please try to come into chat some night and let us get to know more about you. Jackie |
Bigd | Monday, March 03, 2003 - 08:25 pm     I remember the year I finally talked my mom into letting me have my birthday party at the zoo. It was my 10th birthday, I got a new shorts & crop top set and new sandles to wear to the party. I was standing at the lion cage admiring Elvis the lion when he hiked his leg and peed on me, face, chest, tummy, all down the front of me. I was so shocked and hurt. That was the day I learned the word humiliated. |
Zachsmom | Monday, March 03, 2003 - 09:08 pm     We moved a few months ago and the other day I was going through some boxes of books...in that box I found my Grandmothers Family Bible...it was filled with cards,letters and other momentos that my Grandmother cherished...One of the letters was a poem that evidently I had written...I asked my mother about it...she said 2 days after my Grandfathers funeral she had found it on my desk along with other items that I had written...I used to write quite a bit before my Granfather died...he was a great supporter of many things I had written..that passion died shortly after his death..Let me say that I was absolutely crushed when my Grandfather died..it was so unexepected (He fell 2 stories off a scaffoling and hit concrete)...He was my favorite person in the world...anyway...here is the poem...written on plain college ruled paper with little squigly lines with hearts that I created as a border...I was 15 at the time of his death..nearly 20 years ago... I remember a child sitting on Grandpas knee but look at how the years have flown for that child was me The cookies and the candy and boxes filled with toys a trip to Grandpas house was always such a joy I can't say good-bye Grandpa It hurts to let you go I wish I could have told you That I love you so A part of me is missing Now that you are gone I'll do my best to make you proud To end the tears To carry on |
Hunter | Monday, March 03, 2003 - 09:50 pm     What great stories...These are the kind of stories you can't make up. They are from the heart and soul. Bigd...I am still LMAO. Its great that we can laugh at ourselves, sometimmes through our tears. Hermione..I have enjoyed your insight about Christy and the deaf community. I admire her greatly. Jackie..I will make a point of coming to your chat room. Thanks for the invitation. Jed..Loved the story about the dancing man. Memories can be a joy or painful some times... but..they are the fabric of our lives. They are who we are and where we've came from. Sharing them is..special. I always say...You will never die if even one person remembers you. I'll remember you if you'll remember me...smiling |
Hunter | Monday, March 03, 2003 - 10:02 pm     Zachsmom..How lucky your grandfarther was to have been loved so deeply. Your poem is a touching tribute to his life. He lives on in a comfortable place..your heart and your mind. I am happy for him. |
Hermione69 | Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 04:37 am     Zachsmom, your poem is beautiful and brought tears to my eyes. Hunter, I have enjoyed seeing your posts on the board; you write so eloquently. I remember learning to walk all over again as a 4-year old after my bout with meningitis. I remember walking down the beach that summer, still very shaky, with my sister and she helped me not to fall. I have the best sister in the world. She has helped my not to fall many times in my life. |
Bandit | Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 07:49 am     LOL Katlady! How I wish I still had that problem!
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Bandit | Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 08:03 am     I remember having to be home at 5:00 every day after being at my best friend's house. I remember when it cost 10 cents to use a payphone. I remember dipping my finger in my birthday cake and my mom waiting with a camera because she knew I would do it. I remember how fun slumber parties were. Wow, I could go on and on with this. Good thread, Jed! |
Ginger1218 | Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 10:11 am     I remember when I didn't have to pay bills and I didn't have any worries except listening to my parents. Little did I know how much I would covet having that innocence again. |
Ophiliasgrandma | Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 10:46 am     50 cents to go to the movies on Saturday, 20 cents for the movie, 10 cents for the bus each way and 10 cents for a bag of popcorn. But one of my best memories is the time I was grounded. For weeks I had eagerly been awaiting the movie, 'The Greatest Show On Earth', only to be grounded. God bless my dad's heart, he lifted the grounding and let me go see the movie. |
Jed245 | Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 02:05 pm     Ok before I forget hehe funny opening line considering the title of the thread eh? :o) Thanks hunter that old man was really kinda cool. Thanks Bandit the thread is going along just like I hoped it would. :o) OH yeah and Hunter I agree with ya on the part of being remembered by atleast one person. I've always thought that if your not heard and you don't get remembered then your dead before ya hit the grave. And thanks for sharing that Zmom. That was a really great poem. I'm sure your grandfather is very proud of you. :o) Now for my part of the thread for the day. (Long story alert) I Remember EVERY family story my dad has ever told me. One that sticks out in particular is him telling me about what it was like working on the railroad system back then. He was part of something called the extra force. Heh funny to say it sounds like comic book characters doesn't it? :o) He told me that one day they were in Chicago in a dance hall. There were forty of them on the crew in those days. He said they were fighting for fun and busting chairs over eachother and other men in the hall. Dancing with all the Ladies there. And generally acting silly. They called the Sheriff and when he came in he said. Who do you want me to take to jail? The man at the counter said all of em. The Sheriff stood there for a long time and said. "Give em drinks till the pass out... I don't have the man power or the nerve to bust up a bunch that wild." Heheh Always reminds me of those old westerns where someone bumps someone then chairs fly and a ruckus happens :o) Jed. :o) |
Abby7 | Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 07:31 pm     I remember going to the movies when I was young. My girlfriend and I would each get our favorite candy and share with one another. One of my favorites at the time was "Red Hots" in the box. We actually shared all those red hots going..."one for you, one for me". It seemed to take forever! lol During the break between movies, we would run next door to get ice cream cones and run back. One time we ran too fast and my girlfriend's scoop fell off. That was a sad day. |
Wcv63 | Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 05:11 am     I remember Space Food Sticks and not really liking them but eating them anyway because I thought they were so cool. |
Marysafan | Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 06:23 am     I remember drinking Tang for breakfast because that's what the astronaughts drank.....bleeeechk! |
Ddr1135 | Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 06:54 am     I remember my brother and I splashing in puddles after a big rain. I remember going fishing and crawfishing with my dad at my grandfather's pond. I remember dancing on my dad's feet. I remember getting $2 in a birthday card from my grandparents every year. I remember my dad not wanting to cuss in front of his kids saying "God Bless America!" instead. I remember not being able to go on a field trip in third grade because I was home sick with the measles. I remember waiting so nervously for my acceptance letter for 4-H camp in 4th grade. I remember my Dad would wake me up every morning for school by pulling my toes. |
Cyn | Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 07:19 am     I like this thread too. I remember drinking Tang for the same reasons. Zmom, thank you for your poetry. I miss my Grandpa too. It took me years to come to terms with his moving on and probably have only recently fully accepted it. He was one of the most important people in my life. Thank you everyone for sharing your stories. I remember when my Mom & Dad and their friends would take my brother and our friends to the drive-in on Saturdays. We were all in grade school. They would have a special kid's night. It would be daylight when we would get there, and my best friend and I always took one of those little pop-up tents and would set it up. They also had a playground with the coolest jungle gym made out of trees. My brother was just a little, little kid then. LOL. I remember when I was taller than my brother. My mom used to let us go to the concession stand alone, and we felt so grown up. Everyone at the drive-in was a local and the environment was so much fun. Those were the days. |
Fluff | Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 09:18 am     I remember buying bomb pops from the ice cream truck, and playing football with boys around my aunt's place. I also remember having one of them as my boyfriend, and when his grandmother died, he had to stop coming around. Those were the days. |
Pamy | Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 09:22 am     Fluff..remember the bomb pops that were chocolate and bannana???? OOOHHH I want one now!!! |
Fluff | Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 10:13 am     LOL. I didn't like those very much. My favorite was the red, white and blue one. The really big one, might I add.  |
Zachsmom | Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 10:23 am     I remember the days of eating anything and everything I wanted..and not worry about gravity.. |
Jed245 | Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 10:50 am     I remember the ICECREAM truck hehe :o) Everytime it'd come around we could hear that silly music and everyone knew what it was. No matter what else in the world you were doing. No matter how great of a game of football it was. Everyone dropped it and ran home to mom for a lil money. :o) hehe lil known secret is we recently have had an icecream truck start it's rounds close to my house. The advantage now is I got my own money and don't have to worry about mom saying NO you had some yesterday. The disadvantages, however, are the kids are all faster then me :o) hehe Jed. |
Kady | Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 12:57 pm     I remember my teenage uncle taking me to school in the 2nd grade in his 58 Chevy. He had The Who, Guess Who or Tommy James always jammin' in the 8 track.  |
Marysafan | Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 01:23 pm     Kady...would that have been the "Crimson and Clover" 8 track by Tommy James...and the Shondells? |
Zachsmom | Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 01:49 pm     I remember seeing my first "R" rated movie..it was "Saturday Night Fever"..I didn't understand half of it..but it was the last time my mom let me see an "R" rated movie until I was 17! |
Kady | Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 02:50 pm     Mary...greatest hits. Included many favorites like Crimson & Clove, Crystal Blue Persuasion, I Think We're Alone Now, and geesh tons more that I love. I have that CD somewhere, I need to try and find it. |