Hey luv, how's the hunt for a new car going? I traded my gas hogging Dodge Charger for a Toyota Avalon. It isn't nearly as fun to drive but, wow, do I save a lot of money on gas!!!
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same."
"The ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory or defeat but in the true perfection of one's character."
CC--so glad you're seeing sunlight again. The warmth of friendship certainly does help remind us the sun is still there with those pesky clouds come in. Are you staying down south or think you'll be returning north now?
Hubby's dad and his new lady came through. It was a nice visit but always a bit taxing on my husband. His dad has been with this woman since december (his wife passed away in early august) and does seem to feel a certain sense of propriety that we don't really feel she's earned yet. Funny how older folks seems to really need to find someone quickly--men especially. I'm glad he has someone to do things with...but I think for my husband it is too soon.
Dog days of summer--man it's hot. Had the boys at the beach yesterday for a cardboard boat race. They raced with a friend who'd made a boat the year before. It was very fun be we're all crispy today. I really don't like the beach. Sand just shouldn't be in places I've found it ... yuk.
High school, UGH. I wouldn't relive it for a million dollars. LUV, you describe every small town in the US. So many people trying to relive their glory days through their kids.
d, as eloquent as ever. You have such a way with words ~ and a way of putting things in perspective.
mykids ~ nice to see you. You haven't been around much lately.
Remember that deep, dark hole I was sitting in? People came looking for me. Or maybe they were there the whole time and I just finally looked up, finally, to see the faces of people I love with my whole heart looking right back at me. Thank you, friends, for sitting there with me until I was ready to climb out.
The Rose
~ Bette Midler
Some say love it is a river
that drowns the tender reed
Some say love it is a razor
that leaves your soul to bleed
Some say love it is a hunger
an endless aching need
I say love it is a flower
and you it's only seed
It's the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live
When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed
that with the sun's love
in the spring
becomes the rose
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same."
"The ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory or defeat but in the true perfection of one's character."
So right d. I see those type of people at all of my son's sporting events. Total obsession: yelling at their kids, yelling at the coaches and officials, coaching from the sidelines, reliving those old high school ball days through their kids. NO ONE from this small town has ever made it big in the world of sports, but they're all sure that their kid is going to be the one. Most of these people have never left the area and wouldn't be able to cope if they did.
Whenever I need the reality check that high school wasn't the end all, I just remember back to my freshman year and my big senior basketball star boyfriend. The lying, the cheating and how he got the girl who was "giving out" pregnant, had to marry her and now scrapes by in life and only has about two teeth left! Thank goodness I listened to the little voice in my head with that one!
I'm car shopping now- I hate car shopping. It has to be one of the most detestable activities a person must suffer through in their life. I'd rather give birth to a 20 lb baby. Being married to a procrastinator with a tight wallet doesn't make it any easier either.
Don't you wonder about those texas moms and their cheerleading daughters...the ones always showcased on tv for taking out contracts and stuff. I mean was that IT for them. I remember being jealous of my friend who married the "jock" from HS and then came to find out he beat her and cheated their whole marriage. Took her 24 years to get that pimple off her butt...but she finally did. What I thought was so important then ... well time changes it all doesn't it...
d
I too think that our high school years shape some of who we are, but my college years and the first two years after college were the years I "found" myself. My 25 year reunion was a couple years ago and I had no desire to go. I still have a couple of people that I see or communicate with on a regular basis, but I have very little in common with most of the people from my class-my 20th reunion showed me that. High school was fun, but they weren't my "glory days". Those came much later, some just in the past few years. I wouldn't ever wish to go back. I have no desire to re-live those days vicariously through my children. I just hope that the memories of those times, both good and bad, will provide me with the knowledge and proper perspective to understand and help my children get through those years.
