I was going to save this post for the day it is actually about, but I think I will share it now for I fear that day and the emotions it could conjure up for me as well as some of the others who read this little spot on the blogsphere.
I am a person of needless trivia. I remember phone numbers of long ago, pointless trivia about actors and actresses that I admire, songs that were playing during certain momentous and not-so- momentous times of my yesteryear. I would probably be a Trivial Pursuit champ...if I could ever find someone to play a board game with me. My most favorite thing it seems to remember is apparently dates. Good bad, I remember them!
There is one particular date that is starting to stand out in my mind as something to take note of, a date that is just around the corner and will forever be inked in my mind. It is August 10th.
My life forever changes on this date. The first life altering event happened on August 10, 1991. It was the end of life as I had known it up to that point. It was the day that my best friend (at that time) got married. She was like my sister and although I was glad for her, I was sad for the way our lives would forever be changed...no more just us girls, no more sleep-overs, no more hanging out and searching for Mr. Right together...it was over. I remember being sad, life changes do that to me.
The next time August 10th loomed large in my life was in 2005. It was the day that my beloved dog companion Jake passed away. That day altered my world as well. He was my faithful companion for thirteen years, my heart's first "child" and the first dog I ever loved. My heart is still broken and my world is never going to be the same.
This year, August 10th falls on a Monday and yet again, it will be a life altering day. Monday, August 10th will my daughter's first day of kindergarten. Can you imagine a more life altering day...ever? Life altering for her - she will be in school for the next 17 years or more. Life altering for me...my baby is growing up and away from me and I am suddenly going to be the mom of a child in school...with all the empty moments in the day ahead of me.
August 10th...it is a written somewhere that for me at least, life tends to change on that day.
Living Happily In the Moment!
Bev
3 comments:
I know that's gonna be a tough one. Will be thinking of you!
August 10th? You Southerners start em early for petes' sake!
and August 10? Li'l Empress' birthday. A day of importance for The Gang too.
I thought about you last night while watching Mamma Mia. Your baby is starting kindergarden. My baby just turned 21! "Slipping through my fingers"
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