I had a chat last week with someone about being in school.
The big, home made pizzas and how you could get seconds. Home made kolaches full of fruit, hot rolls….the kitchen ladies rocked!
It was ok to eat all that because they sent us outside to burn off all that carb energy.
The games we played are no more. Tether ball. Dodge ball, metal slides, jungle gyms.
The conversation stirred up all kinds of memories.
I didn’t realize how much of my childhood to include high school I had tucked away and forgot.
I saw an old friend from school yesterday that brought a few of those forward. I could have sat and talked for hours, maybe we will again soon.
It made my heart happy.
We all have memories, good and bad that don’t come forward until someone mentions it, a song comes on, a smell or even a Deja vu moment.
I love posting on Facebook asking my friends to write a memory about me. When you hear my name, what’s the first memory that pops in your head.
If you ever need cheering up or help getting out of a funk, this is what you need to do.
If you feel like your life doesn’t really matter, your existence has no meaning, or just need to smile.
Do this!
I have smiled, laughed, cried and found out things I never knew. I had someone give me a bullet once, told me it was chambered and they were going to end their life with it until I started talking with them. Not about suicide, I knew nothing about those thoughts, but everyday stuff. A good morning text, have a great day, sharing something that happened at work.
I still have that bullet.
I guess its proof I mattered to someone.
Proof I am here for a reason.
Keep making memories and ask others to share theirs. Let someone know the impact they had on you. It may be the one thing that makes them feel good about themselves.
Ah, memories, I need more of them jogged, I have decades of them covered in dust and spider webs.
Share your favorite memory of us, here or in private message if you prefer.
And I will do the same.
Oops, my coffee is gone and time to get ready for work.
Have a memory making day! Hope you hear from you soon!
Lorene