MEMORIES AND MEMENTOS
It's been a long time since I posted here. I decided I'd better become more active, maybe do a post every week, on Wednesdays, which is my day off. It makes sense to use part of my free time to unload my feelings, whether good or bad, happy or sad. Of course, posting will also allow me to catch up with my flist and get back into the comings and
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You must miss Olivia so much! Why did she move to Vancouver?
It's indeed very sad when the elderly forget their past. Is there any chance of her memory returning? Maybe if you'd let her read your dad's letters?
So full of life at the time and concerning lives that existed, but are no longer remembered.
But you remember them, even if your mother doesn't.
*hugs tightly*
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*sigh* at Jamie. He sounds EXACTLY like your brother! I must do a post on Jamie alone, about all his strange habits. It's worth it for the laughs it'll get. He is a real character.
OMG it SUCKS so BAD to age this way!!!! Actually, there is a VERY slight chance some more memory may come back. After all, some has, even though it's been very, very gradual.
Letting her read Dad's letters is a fabulous idea!!! I will try it.
Yes, I remember how life was with them when I was a kid and so on. And my sister made a scrapbook for each of us with the most wonderful old snapshots she took from my mother's place. This is why it is SO important for parents (and grandparents) to talk about their lives with their children. And take lots and lots of pictures! When the kids are older they will appreciate it so much, and for some it will be all they have to hold onto.
Thanks, hon, for your warm and lovely words.
*hugs&kisses*
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It's her boyfriend. He wanted to go out there and start a new life.
He is 35 now and much older than her. He was working as a personal trainer and fitness consultant but with the slide in the economy here, a lot of his customers had dropped off and he wasn't making good money anymore at it. He's got a job selling those electronic video terminals that you see all over the place now: hospitals, waiting rooms, food courts in malls, train stations, airports, etc., etc. Hopefully he'll do well. Olivia is working for an insurance company, doing office work. At least she told me that's what she is doing. LOL. I know at one time her BF wanted her to do bikini modelling. He trained her so she looks like this:
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I hope you find those old letters. They are such precious things.
OMG it's so hard to go through your parents' stuff! My sister, brother and I took turns doing it and I know we threw a lot of stuff out. Had to, but we prayed that we would not overlook something or throw the wrong thing away and regret it later.
One of the most poignant things for me was to discard my Dad's engineering degree. It was in a picture frame but the glass was cracked. I tried to slide the diploma out but it wouldn't come, we were in a hurry, so I just let the whole thing slide into the dumpster. The whole time I was regretting it, and I think I actually said, "Goodbye, Dad," while I was doing it. And the thought flitted across my mind, "A whole life out the window."
It was pretty horrible. Ever since, I've thought that I would do anything to get that diploma back!
Oh my, I've missed you to! I'll be on LJ more in future, I promise!
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I'm so sorry about your mother. But, as lhuneldaiel says above, you have the memories. And you can pass them on through your dad's letters.
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I will be posting more often from now on!
This whole thing has made me believe that it is so important to write letters! Or emails! Something! But communication that can be saved is so, so important!
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Beautiful daughter!
Friend me please *hugs*
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