Rejoice and Remember

Easter is a time to rejoice and remember.  I have done a lot of that over the last few weeks. 

Easter weekend I rejoiced for many reasons.  My daughter got a new car, she found a prom dress, and we spent lots of time with my mom, dad, grandmas, aunts, uncles, and cousins.  We watched Granny Harvill hunt Easter eggs as if she were five years old.  Alzheimer's is a strange disease, but sometimes forgetting that you are old is not so bad. 

Remembering where you come from!  There was a time in my life when I didn't necessarily think it was important to think about my past.  Maybe when you are over 40 that changes.  This week brought back many flashbacks.....Thursday night we left the ballpark in Carthage at 9:45; I was craving a Nacho Bell Grande.  I normally don't eat Taco Bell, and I didn't that night either, but there is a story.  When I was a teenager, my mom and I worked at a softball complex.  We reported every night at 5:15 and worked until about 10:00.  I started working there when I was 14 years old; we worked concession or kept score, and every night when we left there we went to Taco Bell.  Today, as I write this, we have been "rained out" for our weekend tournament.  When I was young, I longed for "rain outs".  They were unexpected nights that I got to spend with my mom; we usually went shopping or out to eat. 

Rejoice and Remember.....