Archive through September 13, 2003
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Archive through September 13, 2003
Mpls | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 06:00 am     Sitting here doing the daily, mundane work thing, my favorite memory popped in my head and it always literally makes me smile. This was in Jan 1992. My son was 10 and my daughter 3. At that time St. Paul, MN was having their 100th Anniversery Winter Carnival and MN was hosting the Super Bowl between Buffalo/Washington. So this was a huge affair with all this combined. St. Paul had built this magnificent, monstrous sized Ice Palace which was made completely of huge blocks of ice cut out of a lake. It had laser lights inside, etc... I was separated (going through the divorce) with my wife and I had the kids for the weekend. We went to dinner and then went to the Ice Palace and Winter Carnival. It was at night which just made it better and more festive with all the carnival lights and the Laser show from that beautiful Palace. That whole evening was for some reason magical and it was like some Hollywood scene of a festival where everyone was happy, full of humanity, fellowship, and joy. My kids even to this day remember that evening and believe me these are kids (now 20 and 14) who can't remember what they ate 2 hours ago. So that convinces me what a blessed night that was. |
Squaredsc | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 06:19 am     thats a great memory mpls. im going to have think on mine. |
Squaredsc | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 06:45 am     ok i feel like a complete idiot because i can't think of a single one. i can think of lots of lil things like when my family gets together for holiday dinners. i really loved those but for the past 4yrs it hasn't been the same due to the loss of 3 of my family members. ok this is depressing again. sorry. <thinking happy thoughts now> |
Llkoolaid | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 06:56 am     I have tons of them, I have four kids. The first time I held each of them, even though the last one was six days old because she was such a sick baby, each one was such an amazing feeling. Absolutely nothing can compare. |
Mpls | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 07:32 am     I'm pulling for you to come up with something Square. Sorry to hear about the personal losses. Excellent memory Llkoolaid. I was present for the births of both my kids and cut each umbilical cord. But it must be a mother vs. father thing because I still consider those more yuchhh moments than fond memories. |
Squaredsc | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 07:44 am     it's yuck for me too lol. |
Goddessatlaw | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 07:54 am     I love your memory, Mpls - and it's something like mine except I was a little older than your kids. It was a night about three years ago my father, mother and I went to see Riverdance together, just the three of us. Nothing more than that, except I come from a family of five kids and now many grandchildren. It is one of the few times I can ever recall having my parents to myself. I will always remember it, and it will always make me smile. |
Sasman | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 08:00 am     A very fond memory is the Thanksgiving weekend in 1992 that my dw and I realised that we were in love and wanted to get married. I had been separated from my first wife for about 1/2 year and went out on my first date in many years at the end of that October with the woman who is now my dw. That Thanksgiving, we went to visit a friend of hers in Hartford and when driving back to NY we decided we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together. |
Ophiliasgrandma | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 08:11 am     Any cruise that I have ever gone on...those memories always make me smile. |
Llkoolaid | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 08:11 am     Here's another one: Watching my daughter sing solo "Oh Canada" at the July 1st celebrations on the Riverfront celebrations in front of what seemed like the whole town at midnight while the fireworks were going off. Needless to say I missed the fireworks. |
Ddr1135 | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 08:44 am     First thought I had when I read the Thread Question was dancing with my dad while standing on his feet when I was a kid. He died in 1984 and miss him every day. |
Mpls | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 09:09 am     Man, there is some good stuff in here. Come on Square, I know you can do it. |
Reiki | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 09:12 am     My happy moment came this summer as my family sat around in my brother's back yard just shooting the breeze. My mom and all seven of her kids along with our cousin who is like another sibling were there. A lot of my nieces and nephews were there and their kids were all running around playing with each other. My family is spread out all over the place. We have several family members in the military (all state side right now thank goodness). The chances of so many of us being together like that, let alone all the brothers and sisters, is rare. |
Squaredsc | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 09:16 am     thanks for not pressuring me mpls.  |
Egbok | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 09:29 am     I have several memories that make me smile but the one that immediately comes to mind is when I was 5 years old. I was at my aunt's house, in her driveway and my shoe was untied. I asked my mommy to tie it for me and she said no, that I needed to learn how to tie my shoe by myself. I remember crouching down and pulling at the two ties, trying to remember how she taught me to loop the ties together to tie my shoes. The sun was shining on top of me and then I realized that there was a big person standing over me causing their shadow to overcast my little shadow. I looked up and there was my older cousin (he was a "cool" teenager at that time and barely spoke to me). He asked what I was doing, so I told him and for some reason, I started to cry. He literally patted me on the head, crouched down beside me and proceeded to re-teach me to tie my shoes. From that day on, I learned how to tie my shoes. When my cousin unexpectantly died about 10 years ago, I placed a small pair of shoestrings inside his coffin and smiled. |
Squaredsc | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 09:31 am     ish i finally came up with one. and it was very hard to do let me tell ya. the summer before i had #1 mom, my 2 aunts(her sisters), and i went to disney world in florida(one of my favorite places in the world). and we were at universal studios. i can't think of which pavillion this was at but you do these lil skits in front of the audience. it was like a oh heck what is that guy called who had the show back in the 60's that showcased different entertainment acts? dang crs. anyhoo there was a skit of the opening theme of gilligan's island that some audience members did and a few others. well my mom, aunt, and i volunteered to do the supremes. they gave us these feather boas and this sequened top to clip on over our clothes. i of course was diana ross being the diva that i am. luckily we only had to lip sinc and do a few moves. but it was soooo hysterically funny and oddly beint the shy person that i am i wasn't nervous. we had a great time on that trip and it always brings a smile to my face. also while we were there one of my aunts and i did a music video where we didn't lip sinc, lol. we did janet jackson's song when i think of you. and the funny thing about that is they showed clips of people videos to the crowd outside that were waiting. i of course was mortified when i found out later, lol. ok mpls are you happy now? |
Egbok | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 09:35 am     Well Diana...ummm, I mean Squared...if he isn't, I sure am! LOL!! |
Llkoolaid | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 09:55 am     Thanks for this thread mpls. It helps to think of all the good things in our lives instead of dwelling on the crap that we all have. I am going to try and post a good memory everyday just to start my day of good. |
Bobbie_552001 | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 10:06 am     The memories that make me smile the most...are ones that I've shared with a very special man. Everytime I'm down all I have to do is think of something that he did or said...and it not only makes me smile...it makes my heart smile. |
Marysafan | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 10:34 am     One that always makes me smile happened when I was about 10 years old. We were camping at Van Riper State park and in those days when we camped we had a tent...not the trailer with all the trimmings that my folks have now. One night, I couldn't get to sleep and my Dad was awake also...so as not to disturb the others we got up and went outside and sat by the campfire for a while and talked...just the two of us. When you are one of four kids (and a girl)...time alone with your dad is priceless. As the fire began to die down, my Dad buried some potatoes in the dying embers...and we went for a walk in the dark with just a flash light. I remember that the stars were really bright that night. When we got back to the campsight...we discovered that a skunk was laying next to the tent. You could see the profile of my sisters face pressed against the tent and right under her chin was the skunk! Being very quiet so as not to frighten the skunk and have him raise a "stink" so to speak. We tiptoed over to the campfire and proceeded to eat the best baked potatoes I have ever tasted in my life. Eventually the skunk got up and left...and my Dad and I giggled about that for years afterwards. |
Mpls | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 11:42 am     Yay Square, good one. Your most welcome Llkool. Just reading everyones stories makes me both happy and in that sweet melancholy stage such as with Egbok's story. |
Twinkie | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 02:00 pm     I have 2. When I was a young pre-teen and early teen my dad and I would go horseback riding and we would race each other and he would always let me win. It wasn't til I was older that I realized that he was letting we win. The other took place in 1990. My dad was in failing health and I wanted so much to have special alone time with him. I was his tomboy that watched sports with him every chance I got. We had great fun shouting over football games, basketball games, boxing matches, you name it. So the biggest thrill of my life was when I got 2 tickets to the Orlando Magic game, great seats so he wouldn't have to walk too much, and took him to his first ever pro game. I will never forget how much fun he had and the look on his face that night. My dad died 2 years later on Aug.1, 1992 and not a day goes by that I don't miss him. I can't even type this without crying but the memories will always make me smile. Thanks for being the most wonderful dad and for being my own personal angel now. |
Babyruth | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 03:05 pm     ((((((((Twinkie)))))))) |
Twiggyish | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 03:15 pm     Christmas when my grandma was alive and healthy. I wish my daughter could have been there. My grandma died two years before my daughter was born. |
Llkoolaid | Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 05:07 am     When my son was 4 we lived on a street that was very quiet but had a corner store. Trevor was in and out playing all day and he had some money and kept asking if he could go to the store. I kept saying no and he kept asking. Finally I stupidly said "Don't let me catch you going to the store". He went out to play and about 15 minutes later he came in the house beaming with a bag of candy. He said with a smile on his face" I went to the store and you didn't catch me." He actually thought I gave him permission as long as he could go without me catching him. He is 25 now and I can still see the smile on his face when he came home. |
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