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It’s a spot; a moment in time that is indelible in your memory. It may be a seminal moment – or a simple gesture or word. But it is burned into your mind, to be remembered forever.
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Great Moments – #707
What great moments of your life do you remember?
One of mine, was my Mom’s 75th birthday. My sisters’ and I wanted to throw a party at a nice hotel. But she wanted a family affair at our farmhouse here in the Shenandoah Valley.
We had just recently bought the house as a weekend retreat. It was over 100 years-old and it needed everything. The plaster walls had cracks, the kitchen had a rickety stove from the 1930’s. We had very little furniture yet, and you just might fall through the floor in one or two of the rooms.
But Mom was adamant that this was to be the site of her big birthday shindig. So, we hung crepe paper on the walls to cover the cracks, sat a door on saw horses as a party table, brought in mix-matched folding chairs, turned up the radio, invited the neighbors and had so much, that 15-years later it still pops into my mind as a great moment.
Just think, something that happens to you today may become the great moment that you’ll talk about 15-years from now.
You just never know what life holds when you go around the next corner.
Ain’t it just great!
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What great moment pops into YOUR mind? Scroll down and share it, if you can.
[Show #707]
At first I wanted to gather EVERYONE in the family for my 75th birthday. But six of them were working summer jobs. The logistics and cost of gathering them just seemed too overwhelming. I decided what I wanted most was a couple of days with my daughters to myself. Though I love them all, no husbands, no kids. No friends. Just me and my daughters. There are some vivid memories imprinted on my soul. The two of them in their 40’s perched on two statues of long horn cattle as if they were children again is perhaps my favorite.
Oh Kathryn, that sounds wonderful. My grown daughter and I once vacationed for a week alone in Jamaica. Precious. So glad you took the direction you did.