I have cleaned my house and was lying down determined to take a nap (Maggie "roamed" alot last night) I usually listen to 40's music, because I don't think that it could ever be depressing..
Today, I decided to see what other music was offered on Dish Sirius Radio....I stumbled across Channel 6062...Classic Country....as I laid there and listened to Kenny Rogers, Conway and George Jones, I closed my eyes and I was a young child in her childhood home...
The TV was rarely on when I was little...Even if we were inside during the Winter, the only thing that was going was maybe the radio...these old country songs are what we listened too...as we cleaned, as we played, as we read books or crocheted...we kids would rollerskate in the basement while the record player played country records....
So..as I close my eyes, these are some of the images that play like a movie in my mind....
Did we have a mansion? Nope.
Did we have all the name brand clothes? Nope
Did we have more than 1 pair of roller skates? Nope;))
Did we go to ski resorts in the winter? Nope
But let's ask these:
Did we have a cozy, warm, loving roof over our heads? Yep
Did we have a mother who hand made us matching clothes? Yep
Did we learn to share and make do with our imagination? Yep
Did we have a blast in the snow right outside our front door? Yep
Now let me tell you these:
We had more love than many other children could ever hope for.
We had a mother that LOVED being a mother.
We had a father that LOVED being a father.
We had a childhood filled with loving memories.
We had each other...
What more could you want?
So, thank you Mom and Dad for the memories, the music, the laughs and the lessons.
You will never know how much it means to us;))
2 comments:
Well I typed a whole big response only to have it freeze up and lose it...but that's ok it was probably too much rambling anyways...I too had awesome parents and reading your blog takes me to the same place...thank you for sharing....be glad it froze lol I blogged my own blog in that previous comment
Thanks Shelley for thinking your Dad and I were good parents ( hope Jen and Lauren feels the same!)I miss those days too. They were the best times of my life, would love too do it all over again!! But you 3 kids might not enjoy it as much!
(I'm a little bit slower now, well to be honest a lot!! slower, but boy those days was GOOD!! love you Mom
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