Okay, it seems like these last few days, i’ve been waxing nostalgia, so i am going to attempt to share it all with y’all. This would be the time when you should probably go clean your toilet, wax your floor or sleep, but if you so choose, you may also continue reading…
Twenty Years Ago…
…i didn’t care about eating healthy, i wanted candy, Pizza Hut (there was no Breadeaux), and Pop. At all three meals.
…i didn’t wonder what i would fix for dinner… mom handled that!
…i couldn’t wait to get my driver’s license, because let’s face it, to a kid… Driver’s License = FREEDOM. Nothing more, nothing less.
…i wanted to be liked
…i could go to Hardee’s and get a burger, or KFC and get ONLY chicken, hmmnnn… whatever happened to Chicken Littles? They were so good! (minus the mayonaise, of course!)
…we got cable!
…i didn’t know my husband
…teenagers were cruisin’ the fours
…i failed geometry for a quarter – and boy was dad mad
…mom and dad weren’t my favorite people in the world. More like enforcers, sent to make sure i had no fun, lots of rules, good grades and an excessive amount of chores (in my teenage mind)
…i worked as the “dining room girl” in a nursing home
…my friends all had perms (i was blessed to have naturally curly hair), and big bangs!
…i didn’t know colors (people were people, not African American, Asian American, White or whatever!)
…i was disrespectful, not with malice, but because i had my own ideals and i didn’t know how to let others express themselves and still do my own thing
…i got a cropped jean jacket for my birthday, and wore it all day (my birthday is in the summer!) with my black spandex and white sneakers, while riding double on my best friend’s moped
…high school was scary
…i contributed to the hole in the ozone with the eleventy kazillion pounds of Aqua Net i had to use to get my bangs to stay straight and stand up!
…the school play practice was my social life
…i wanted to change my name to Scarlett Dawn (not sure why Dawn, but i’ve always loved Scarlett)
…it was a challenge to sneak back downstairs and turn on the TV after mom & dad had gone to bed, so i could watch shows i wasn’t supposed to
…i got caught sneaking out (dad loves to tell this story), and had to sleep at the foot of my parents’ bed as punishment (as well as being grounded, and having extra chores) For the record, it was my first and ONLY time sneaking out!
…i would stay in bed until my parents forced me up
…i wanted to be like everyone else
…i would never have believed my life would be like it is right now.
Having said all that, flash forward…
Today…
…i worry about what i eat, and how it will affect my body
…i want to be a good example for my daughter, and extended family
…i can’t wait to get out of bed in the morning to see my daughter (then i’m ready to go back to bed!)
…i like to cook
…i met the man of my dreams, and i hope i never wake up!
…my family is very important
…i am not afraid to be different
…i want to be like Jesus, not like everyone else
…i love my name, and the special meaning behind it
…i love my parents, and know that they did what was right in raising me. i hope to be a “mean” mom too, and that one day, my daughter will appreciate my parenting as well.
…grocery shopping is my social life!
…i hate the TV
…i still hate geometry!
…i don’t wear hairspray, and only wear makeup when i am out on a date with my husband!
…clothing is not important to me. i live in sweatpants and longhandles!
…Hardee’s is now a bank, and KFC serves TacoBell!
…Driver’s License = Responsibility. Nothing more, nothing less.
…i cherish life
Momma Rich's 