as i sit here and stare out the window, i do as i always do. i think of you.
today however, as i thought of you i thought about my childhood memories.
i want to say i have tons of childhood memories...
but unfortunately i can only remember a few - like the times i spent with my cousins playing in my aunts basement wowed by all the toys they had,
or the times my one cousin and i would make a bowl of oddles of noodles and watch pinwheel on television - it seems everyday at lunch [or when i was at his house]...
the holiday dinners and xmas eve when the family would come together and each kid was allowed to open up one gift and then we all scurried home for the arrival of the jolly guy in the red suit...
and lastly the memorable times when one particular aunt would take all the kids on a trip in her fancy car [hey we were little & we thought she was rich].
these were all memorable times
...and they were times spent with family
being the only child, these were great times for me.
with this being said, you may or may not enjoy [or have enjoyed] playing with your toys alone in your room or with mommy.
you may have often wondered why you were always around your cousins or mommy's close friends with kids [now your friends].
or why i called various family members on the phone and let you converse with them on the phone...
it's because i believe in family [despite our circumstances at the time];
it's because from experience i believe family will always have your back;
it's because even though everyone has one [or two] crazy people in their family you can learn something from that person;
it's because i grew up around my family and couldn't imagine you not having that experience of closeness with anyone else [besides me of course + your future spouse]; and
it's because family is where most of the my memories i hold dearest come from.
if you should ever remember anything besides my love for you you should remember memories installed by family and that your family loves you too.
1983 throw back photo of me & my cousins
