Remember Me This Way

In 4th grade, my music teacher had us sing Remember Me This Way by Jordan Hill.

"Every now and then

We find a special friend

Who never lets us down

Who understands it all

Reaches out each time you fall

You're the best friend that I've found

I know you can't stay

A part of you will never ever go away

Your heart will stay

* I'll make a wish for you

And hope it will come true

That life would just be kind

To such a gentle mind

If you lose your way

Think back on yesterday

Remember me this way

Remember me this way..."

These lyrics were ingrained in me so much that I still get this song randomly stuck in my head, and since have analyzed the words a bit more.  Truer words have never been spoken.  I have moved away from my family and closest friends but while we are apart I do wish and pray for them consistently.  Even for the ones that I have lost communications with and fallen away from.  A hope surges through me that they know they are never truly alone.  They are always in my thoughts and heart.

Pepperoni Suprise

"Yummy!"  The first word that comes to mind when I think of this concoction.  A roommate in college made this for me.  I don't really remember what all is in it but I do remember the last time I had it.  I had a standard day set to watch a tv show with some friends of mine who would come over to the house.   It was great fun but this one particular Wednesday my boyfriend at the time had had a really close friend pass several years prior and was still taking it hard.  I forfeited that evening of tv and surprised him with a late night candlelit picnic in the park on top of the merry go round.  That was the first time he had the chicken/pepperoni mixture and my last.  I keep thinking about making it or at least coming up with my own combo to try and that is what I think of simultaneously....just so you know ;)

Rain makes everything better.

Currently I live in a Dessert Climate.  The only precipitation we get annually is generally snow.  Coming from the Plains, I miss the rain.  Everything about it: the sounds, jumping puddles, dancing in the downpour, the brightness of lightening.

Mentioning that I miss the rain to a co-worker he sent me the following link to listen to:

RainyMood.com: Rain makes everything better.

Can't say I'll miss the sounds at least!

Have a rainy day everyone! ;)

New Recipe for Cool Aid

Remember me telling you about lunch at my grandma's on Sundays when I was little?  Had to have my red plate, potatoes, and cool aid!  Yum, yum.  One Sunday it was lunch as normal until my uncle and father decided to show their horns.


We were all sitting at the table when I took my first drink of cool aid, but to my surprise it wasn't cool aid.  Hello beet juice!  Yep, that's right, the rascals had traded my grape cool aid for beet juice.  Let's just say I can't even look at a beet now without getting their horrible taste in my mouth.


Grandma's poor white antique tablecloth....

Split Heart

When I was in 4th grade I won one of those necklaces that has best on one half and friends on the other that was in the shape of a heart at Chuckie Cheese. A week later I went to my grandparents house and gave my grandmother a part of the necklace.


My senior year of high school my grandma passed away.  A sad time, but she had relocated to a better place.  As we were going through her house my mom found her half of the necklace and brought it home to me.  My gma had kept it all those years while I had lost mine.  I felt ashamed but so touched that she had kept a cheap piece of metal just for me.

I had the half-a-heart hanging in my rear-view mirror for the longest time.  Everytime I looked at it, I knew she was with and watching over me. One day my parents borrowed my car and mom was adjusting the necklace when it broke.  I haven't seen the necklace since but know that very special lady knew I was ready to fly on my own.  

Gamoush

In high school I became friends with several foreign exchange students, all of them with amazing talents and abilities.  One of them, from Korea, taught me how to play a few card games (Gampch and another one where unfortunately I forgot the name...but not the rules!)  Anywhos, I taught some of the my friends how to play them both but we all fell in love with Gampch.  One of my friends couldn't pronounce it so we all started calling it Gamoush.  Which kind of reminds me of a whale....


There's no rhyme or reason as to why I remembered this or even if you will think it is as funny as I did since it seems to be an in-the-moment thing but the fun we had in saying the names, poking fun at one another and the time we spent together was priceless.

Crazy Girl

2011 was a hard year for me.  I lost a lot and felt like I gained little (which I know isn't the case).  One of the things I lost was my grandmother, a beautiful gal.  A couple months after she passed I went to an Eli Young Band Concert with friends.  When the band sang a lovely song called Guinevere, I broke down.  One minute I was happy-go-lucky, dancing and singing and the next I had tears streaming down my cheeks as I related the brave woman in the song to my grandma.


I tell you that story to tell you this, my favorite song used to by Crazy Girl (also by Eli Young Band).  My boyfriend at the time also liked it.  In my head, I counted it as "our song."  After Guinevere, my boyfriend took me in his arms and whisper/sang all of Crazy Girl in my ear along with the country band.  I never felt more cherished or closer to him.  I took this song as a promise.


Several months later we broke up; the promise broken.  I could not listen to this song for a very long time due to extreme emotions.  The last time I heard it, I was able to resist turning the channel.  I'm not able to sing along yet, but you never know what tomorrow holds.