Sometimes Memories Just Aren't Enough
Well
Here I am sitting in my chair
"Remembering"
Sooo many things…..my mind going soooo many places….out of order the memories flashing through my mind…… they keep coming. The more I remember, the more I remember.
I remember when Jacob and Sabrina, Jeremy and Maria all came up for the holidays.
What a HOUSE FULL!!!.........Oh but sooooo W O N D E R F U L and soooo fulfilling!!!!
Warm & Fuzzy kinda memory making stuff!!!
~then~
I remember when ~Joshua, Jeremy and Maria came up for the summer...”WOW”…
NOW - that was a funtabuloustime!!
KINGS ISLAND and the Attack of the Klapp Klan & Taylor Tribe [heehee] I actually rode the new rides!!!! YIKES!!!!
~then~
[I glance around the corner to the "picture wall" and get a glimpse of all the years by gone by}
*tear runs down my cheek*
I remember one by one - Joshua's High School Graduation, Jeremy’s BLUE hair!!! [What a trip!]
Oh MY!! -Then there’s D I S N E Y W O R L D …what a fun time!!!
Driving ALL the way down to Sarasota in the little Hyundai with all four of us - Dan, Me, Lauren and Kelly! And all our luggage :O)
[My tuschy still smarts!]
Oh but I got some of the BEST family pictures ever, outta that trip!!!
Oh what fun!
~then~
I see that adorable face….that oh so goofy, but adorable, JACOB face…not just once or twice but several places on my picture wall!!! [he can’t just smile in front of a camera]..I will never forget the very short two years Jacob spent with Dan, me and his sisters, full time…The time he spent with the MAG youth group….Those were some good times. :O)
I remember Lauren and Kelly begging to stay “with Jacob” and be a part of the “rockin’ youth group” and NOW they ARE all grown up. Kelly is leading the youth group. Youth Group!
~Wow~ then as I look over towards the coffee table.~
The first few photos I see are of Jeremy and I at the Zoo. Joe Photographer… :O)…Just the two of us…I will always remember that day….and then a picture of Crew Tower in downtown Cincinnati as well. ......*sigh*......We took LOTS of pictures...[he is still the official family photographer.] I will never forget that day.
~And then~
Oh my! The 5 1/2 hour ride to Indiana that should have only taken 2 hours! haha!!
Yep, something else I'll never forget, getting lost in Indiana with Joshua, Lauren, Kelly and Dan in the pouring down rain, so hard you could barley see 10 feet in front of you We were on our way to Uncle Jim’s “surprise” 50th” Birthday party…that turned out NOT to be a surprise.
It took us 5 ½ hrs to drive what should have taken 2 hours; this could have been avoided had we known it was NOT a surprise!!!!!
~then I see on the photo wall~
The “Marx Bros” Jeremy and Jacob from Brandon’s wedding….[on my photo wall]too cute!
~Ohhhhhhh I remember~
I remember…..Shabbat dinner at the Ramsey's. when Dan and I went to Florida for Jeremy and Joshua’s Graduation. :O) …The yummy food and wonderful company and playing games…. I remember all the GAZZION frogs at their house! [eeewwwweeeeeee....yukkko!]
~Then~
I remember flying to California with Lauren and Kelly…visiting all their Aunt’s and Uncles and Grampa….walking along the beach and finding shells…packing them ever so carefully to bring them home only to forget them.
~My goodness~
There are sooo many memories in these pictures on my walls! On my tables! All over my house!
It is simply amazing!
They all bring such *joy*
To my soul when I think on them!
I have pictures for each of my five children from the time they were born through now - riddled throughout my home like colorful wall paper .
Each photo bringing back memories from warm, fun, loving, joyous times.
I remember holding each and every one of my five beautiful children in my arms for the very first time.
Only moments after their arrival into this world.
I remember welcoming them into this world and kissing them on their cute little heads.
I remember praying for them, each one, before they ever came into this world.
Loving them, singing to them, praying for God’s divine purpose to be fulfilled in their lives.
*sigh*
Now, they are all grown up.
Families of their own - well 3 out of 5 of them so far. *sigh*
~~p a u s e ~~
Honestly
there comes a time- though -
when pictures
on a wall
just isn't enough.
*sigh* [again]
Soooo, here I sit.
Realizing that they, my children, are all grown up.
and
All I have left
, for the most part,
are my memories.
I have come to the conclusion that
sometimes
memories sometimes just aren't
enough.
~sigh~
I seriously think it's time for some more family time!
I mean seriously - It's been WAY too long!
There's grand-babies being born!
Time to get together again
after all
Sometimes
Memories just aren't enough.
