Reminisce @ MindSay 
we had just hung out for hours and while the sun rose we talked
how I longed for your kiss
and sometimes I'd serenade you, sittin' on the hood of my car
underneath the lights there was no one like you outside that bar
how did you come from a place like this?
and I reminisce
about all of this
and I reminisce
and I reminisce
and I remember when you went crazy and made that mulligan stew
and the first thing that I ever said to you was I'm going to kill you
I knew I loved you parti pris
and sometimes you drove behind me to make sure I got home safe
I never thought that I'd get with you in my wildest dreams of faith
to be in your hands is perfect bliss
now you turn your head to look at me with your maelstrom emerald eyes
and you stroke my face and kiss my lips and say, "I love you, see ya later, goodbye"
and your touch still persists
and everything that you do, baby, is something to build a dream on
the preciousness of your love is the one thing I believe on
how could I ever regret any of this?
One of my earliest memories of a band from my childhood was when I was playing in the backyard with my older sister and Mom had placed an old fashioned Victrola there. I heard "I Wanna Hold Your Hand." My older sister had a crush on Paul McCartney. I heard he just had a concert recently that took a lot of people by surprise who hadn't heard about it. I have a video from it on my other blog site http://anne-therese.journalspace.com/
Whenever I think of "My Michele" I get misty-eyed. I reminisce about yearning for love. Now that I am married, when I hear their love songs or any good love songs, I think of my husband, Tim. That's the way it should be. I wish I had had him all of my life. Sometimes he jokes with me and tells me we should have met in the crib, and he would say "goo, goo, gaa, gaa.," and I answer him back and say the same. It's great to be able to feel comfortable enough to kid around and not worry that someone will think we're too corny.
I actually can remember hearing "Do The Locomotion" but I was only a few years old and I don't even remember the words. Paul McCartney and the Beatles had a charm that didn't escape many teenaged girls. Paul McCartney still is charming and good looking and has a very big audience.
When I was very little, my Mother dressed me in a snowman skirt which was a version of the "poodle skirt" with saddle shoes, and socks and sent me with my older sister to Joe King's Soda/Ice Cream Shoppe around the corner from our home where Joe had a juke box and lots of teenagers who bought burgers, hotdogs, ice cream and fountain drinks. They danced all the popular dances of the day like the "Mashed Potato." The fountain drinks and ice cream sundaes were the focus of dates along with the latest songs to dance to. Most of these places have been replaced by corner delis and Burgerama was replaced by Burger King overlooking the local tree-lined cemetary.
My older sister often had tea parties at home for two of my brothers and me. She cut up ring dings into four pieces and we played board games followed by the tea parties. Many romances started in the local Joe King's and children played stoop ball and board games in the yard. Children always jumped rope on my block and sang the latest songs in small groups in the yard or in friend's basements. During the Summer months, we played "Mother May I" on the block and weren't allowed off the block until we were teenagers unless accompanied by an older sibling. I sometimes reminisce about the exciting times I had as a child at the ice cream shops which were frequented after going to the local movie house (which is now a flea market) and the prices for a hamburger and soda fountain drink. This was a comfortable tradition for the local children and teenagers.. Happy Holidays!
Yes! I do have two sons! Here is a photo that was taken in the Summer of 1991 by my father. From left to right, Ian age 3, Tom, (thirty something) and James age 5. Mungalls all! Ian is wearing a kilt in the Royal Stewart Tartan, Tom is wearing the Stirling and Bannockburn District Tartan and Jamie is wearing the MacBeth Tartan. My parents painted a large oil painting portrait from this photo that summer which now hangs in my office.
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I really am a fortunate person, and I realize it a little more every day. Some people reminisce for years about one night like the ones I had for 3 1/2 years. I have plenty of good memories to go back to. :) Many people search their whole lifetimes to find the kind of love I've managed to reach - whole, pure and true - and the fact that it may not be returned in no way tarnishes its beauty. I have someone to love, and I'm lucky enough to still be able to interact with her, and she cares for me.
I think this was really brought home for me by watching Gundam Wing and examining each of the male/female relationships in taht series. Every male character has a female counterpart for whom they feel some affection, but nowhere is it clearly love, nor clearly expressed - and never obviously returned. Their relationships were mature, however, even if they were unexpressed, and these people lived full lives, though their love went unrequited.
Beautiful stuff, and it really made me even more grateful for my present condition. I'm in love with a wonderful woman, and it just grows stronger every day. As good as I've gotten with words, I still have trouble expressing the power and depth of this feeling, but I'm not going to quit trying. Expect many more posts of this nature. :D