Ever watch the move Click with Adam Sandler?
I remember thinking, Now THAT’S a Universal remote! In 2006 I had kids in the house and what I wouldn’t do to click PAUSE once in a while.
This year, I feel the same way. And not just because it is 2020.
Life just seems to fly by so fast.
My babies have babies, one of them is 17!
Where did time go?
If I owned a UNIVERSAL remote, just how would I wield that power?
Well, let’s hit the list button to see what I have recorded in my memories.
High school follies…
Oh my, I could sit and watch this all day. And not because I was a Brickhouse back then, but I had some amazing friends. Some of which are still in contact.
Skipping school, sitting on the patio, working at Pizza Hut, driving the Roach, being kidnapped by friends and taken to Six Flags, that 70 Chevelle.
I’d love to have that car now.
Graduation, Geronimo….
And both my parents alive and watching over me.
Adulthood part 1…out on my own.
After graduation I just knew I was ready to be out on my own. Room mates yes, but out of the parents house. Little did I know at that time I was going to be a mother.
Daddy moved me back home saying there was no way I was having a baby without them. He passed 5 months after she was born.
I’m glad he was able to enjoy a grand child. Maybe that was God’s plan.
He knew Dad’s end of time and wanted to bless him one more time and figured I was up to the challenge.
I am good with that.
Single mother for 2 years. Talk about a challenge. I remember writing letters to my baby, telling her I would do my best to make her life wonderful. Everything about her grandfather and how he was there for her at the beginning.
I wish I still had those.
Adulthood part 2…military wife
I married my high-school sweetheart. He had joined the military and we did a tour in Germany where my second child was born.
New friends made and then found on Facebook later to keep in touch.
Our marriage ended but our friendship remains. We co parented the best we could and did what was best for our daughters.
I must say, they turned out amazing!
Adulthood part 3…Goodyear
Working in a plant was tough at first. Back to being a single mom. Met my second husband there. Yes, I have them numbered.
We were good for each other at the time. We had a blended family and that was a big challenge. I took with me lessons from that marriage. I dont regret that relationship at all. His family is still my family, but he and I don’t keep in touch.
I do wish him happiness, we just couldn’t give that to each other.
More friends made and my 3rd and final husband met.
Adulthood part 4…becoming and being a Lulu
I worked with Troy for close to 12 years before we dated. I was divorced and he had lost his beautiful wife in a car accident.
God put us both in the right place and the right time for each other.
He needed a strong woman to help him and I needed to be a strong force for someone.
And the match made in heaven has been successful.
The lessons I learned from blending families, being independent, positive, motivating and hard headed has come to be useful.
He is a blessing for me also.
He has helped me be the person I truly am. Pushed me to do things I never would have thought possible.
Not a night passes that when my head hits my pillow, my prayers include thanks for that man and in the morning thanks for another day.
Maybe in reality, he is the strong force.
I look back at the relationships I’ve had and I have learned from each of them. Good, bad, indifferent.
That remote would have come in handy here and there, lol. But mostly to rewind and enjoy the fun over and over.
Rewind and watch my babies laugh, see my parents dance and hug them one more time.
I have so many recordings, I will have to finish another time. I’ve taken enough of your time if you’ve made it to here.
Let you peek into my life a little bit more.
56 years is a lot of time to cover. But thinking about it and reminiscing is good for the soul.
Love big my friends,
Lorene
