I don't what made me think of this other than the song currently playing but... I love my nieghbors. They remind me of my family. I grew up in pretty much the totally oppisite world but they remind me that we're all basically the same.
They scream at each other daily. The mom/grandma threatens to take them out of this world or get them locked up daily. The dad is is mechanic who never seems to be home, but is loved. There is an older daughter living there trying to strengthen her wings and fly the coop with ther little boy and all the power struggles that come with those kinds of situations. There is another daughter and two other grandchildren around the same age. The kids are your average good "bad kids."
Two of my favorite moments so far:
+On Christmas morning 2009 I could hear the little girl screaming at the top of her lungs as she discovered a Nintendo DS under the tree. She was screaming: "Praise you Lord Jesus, Thank you, thank you, thank you." Blindfolded I would have been able to tell you if I was at home or at a Church of God campmeeting. It helped warm my December heart.
+The day Michael Jackson died I watched as the pulled into thier spot. The same girl had the most beautiful smile on her face as she sang his "PYT." She's maybe 11. Michael Jackson had never been acceptable, until that moment, in her lifetime and she was unabashedly celebrating him. I think for the rest of my life when I hear that song I will see that smile in the back of my mind. That thought alone makes me never want to experience Alzheimer's disease.
I'm seeing now that both these stories are really about her. I see myself in her I guess.
/random thoughts
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