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November 2009 
What have you felt nostalgic for recently?
Posted on Sep 6th, 2009
by 
AJ
AJ
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for September 06, 2009:
Just this morning, I happened to think about my cousin, Danny, who passed away unexpectedly nearly two years ago from a severe stroke. The thought of him just crossed my mind, and I could hear his voice in my head and wished that I could still call him to catch up with him and his family.
I also thought about driving around with him, listening to music, and just spending time together back when we were teenagers.
Danny came into our family when Uncle George married Aunt Mildred when they were 52 and 47. She was a widow with five kids, and Danny was the only one left at home. He was a grade ahead of me in school. When we first met, I had just finished seventh grade, and he had just finished the eighth.
Actually, my mom and I had been thinking about him just a few days ago and how we wanted to call Deanna (his widow) to see how she was doing, and I had been thinking about what had happened at their wedding.
First off, let me tell you that it was a few years after their wedding when they had their first child...
Anyway, there was this small child in attendance at their wedding.
I didn't hear all of the conversation, but I'm guessing that the child was bored and fidgiting and his/her mom was telling him/her to sit still because Danny and Deanna were getting married.
Anyway, I believe this kid wanted to know why this was going on and preventing him/her from doing what he/she would rather be doing: playing.
So, here's the resulting conversation:
Child (in a whiny voice): Why do they have to get married?
Mommy: Shhhhhhhh!
Child (again and more persistently): Why do they have to get married?
Mommy: Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Child (much louder and more persistently): But MOMMY! Why do they have to get married!?!
(This is followed by the sound of the mother and child getting up from the pew and leaving the sanctuary with the child chattering and the mother shushing him/her all the way out.)
I also thought about driving around with him, listening to music, and just spending time together back when we were teenagers.
Danny came into our family when Uncle George married Aunt Mildred when they were 52 and 47. She was a widow with five kids, and Danny was the only one left at home. He was a grade ahead of me in school. When we first met, I had just finished seventh grade, and he had just finished the eighth.
Actually, my mom and I had been thinking about him just a few days ago and how we wanted to call Deanna (his widow) to see how she was doing, and I had been thinking about what had happened at their wedding.
First off, let me tell you that it was a few years after their wedding when they had their first child...
Anyway, there was this small child in attendance at their wedding.
I didn't hear all of the conversation, but I'm guessing that the child was bored and fidgiting and his/her mom was telling him/her to sit still because Danny and Deanna were getting married.
Anyway, I believe this kid wanted to know why this was going on and preventing him/her from doing what he/she would rather be doing: playing.
So, here's the resulting conversation:
Child (in a whiny voice): Why do they have to get married?
Mommy: Shhhhhhhh!
Child (again and more persistently): Why do they have to get married?
Mommy: Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Child (much louder and more persistently): But MOMMY! Why do they have to get married!?!
(This is followed by the sound of the mother and child getting up from the pew and leaving the sanctuary with the child chattering and the mother shushing him/her all the way out.)
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