Often during my days an old song will suddenly come to mind that I especially enjoyed in my youth. Believe it or not, years ago, I was able to find a CD with what is called ’One Hit Wonders’😆! Horse with No Name, Sister Golden Hair, One Tin Soldier, I Need You, Tin Man… and many, many more…each one evoking a myriad of memories, all of them good 🥹. Seeing as how today is a lovely, rainy day outdoors, it invokes my desire to tidy up indoors. So, I queued up the CD’s song list and played it as I went about my morning. A wave of recollection washed over me with each new (old) song, bringing many smiles and a few tears. Happy tears. 💕
Not one single day goes by that I don’t realize and reflect upon what a wonderful and blessed childhood I had. Hearing these old songs prompted me to pull out my photo albums from my junior high, high school, and post high school years (Santa Barbara💕). Even in looking at all of the old photographs, carefully documenting each wonderful ‘season’ of my young life, there was not one season that I would have considered difficult, trying, or emotionally overwhelming. And not one, single, ‘I’d not want to do THAT again’ thought. Just simple, wonderful and extraordinary moments that made me, and continue to make me who I am now, today, when the happy memory-invoking songs of my childhood have long been forgotten. But they are forever embedded in my heart, along with their memories! 💕
Birthday parties and spoofing with my bestie😂😂😂😆.
Winter cross-country ski trip in Medora (thanks, dad🤗💕🤗).
Scuba diving adventures 💕
Camp Dominic Savio summer🤗
Newly arrived in Santa Barbara, and I landed my first job, which trained me as a Certified Nurses Aid💕.
My beloved coworkers from Hillside House, as we all enjoyed an afternoon at the beach together. 💕
So much wonderful packed into such a short period of time! Often I feel I’ve lived several different lifetimes, but I like to think of that as a life well lived. Thanks to the grace of God.🙏💕🙏
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