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Originally Posted by Oh, Linda
Hi Geo Steve. My mom was born a cleaner too and yes indeed I recall when I was a young girl her actually washing down the living room walls. A patch with light suds, then a rinse with plain water. No kidding. I also recall her crawling around on her hands and knees and washing the kitchen floor. Every day. And that's not a typo. Stands to reason one of her knees is just about shot these days. I think our moms are very likely amongst the best cleaners of their generation.
Your reply prompted me to phone my parent's this evening to see what, if anything, they may have saved from my early childhood days. Every report card from every grade she recalled with certainty. Beyond that she stated matter of factly that there was a "bunch of "stuff downstairs in a box" and one of these days she'd go look for me. "No hurry ma....it's been collecting dust a long time...." It can wait a day or two 
Last year she did hand over my 45 record box full of gems from the 70s. It's one of those psychedelic yellow/black color schemes that I think was supposed to look good in a black light. I know for sure Sundown is in there. Along with Neil Young's Heart of Gold and Don McLean's American Pie. Each as relevant today as they were back then. I wonder what music Gordon would say he remembers from his earliest recollection in his own childhood?
That all said, here's to all of our mom's who took care of our homes and to the musical legends who filled them with music to mark the memories. |
i've been known to wash the walls..and in between 'moppings' i wash my floors and two staircases on my hands and knees... i wash windows inside and out too!
lol
i have boxes of my kids school work/awards/dozens of huge photo albums and their 'baby books' are full, records kept for medical/dental visits etc. locks of hair..sons piano music books, daughters brownie uniform with badges and sons bathing suit from when he was two with all of his badges sewn on.i framed all other badges and have his bronze cross etc and piano awards. even some hallowe'en costumes i made. i have dresses i made my daughter and hand knit/crochet baby sweaters blankets from long gone great grandmas and aunties.. I have newspapers from their birthdates plus important dates in history (jays win world series..lol)they are beyond priceless and precious.
i have little of my childhood stuff..some report cards and school pics. some baby pics and a few from each year as i grew up. some old 8mm movies..the keepsakes i have of my kids lives are what i would face fire and flood to get at to save. along with my lightfoot stuff..
lol
I have kept my own scrapbooks from my early teens, old LP's and photos i took etc.
I don't know if Gord is a 'keepsake' sort of guy..he's got a great memory and I think he needs to put it all down on paper!
Paul Anka wrote a lovely song that resonates with me when I sit with the old stuff:
Good morning, yesterday
You wake up and time has slipped away
And suddenly it's hard to find
The memories you left behind
Remember, do you remember?
The laughter and the tears
The shadows of misty yesteryears
The good times and the bad you've seen
And all the others in between
Remember, do you remember
The times of your life? (do you remember?)
Reach out for the joy and the sorrow
Put them away in your mind
The mem'ries are time that you borrow
To spend when you get to tomorrow
Here comes the saddest part (comes the saddest part)
The seasons are passing one by one
So gather moments while you may
Collect the dreams you dream today
Remember, will you remember
The times of your life?
Gather moments while you may
Collect the dreams you dream today
Remember, will you remember
The times of your life?
Of your life
Of your life
Do you remember,
Do you remember the times of your life?