YESTERDAY MY FAVORITE FLAG WAS FLYING HALF MAST...
FOR THE WORLD IT WAS FOR PRES. JIMMY CARTER
FOR ME AND MY PEOPLE IT WAS TO SAY OUR FINAL
FAIRWELL TO A GREAT MAN, MOODY ADDISON.
IT'S A TWO HOUR TREK BACK TO MY HOME TOWNS
WE CALL "BELOW THE INTRACOASTAL" OR DTB.
I LEFT EARLY... THERE WERE THINGS I NEEDED TO DO.
WHAT A WAY TO WORK ON MY WORD OF THE YEAR,
NOSTALGIA
THAN TO GO HOME TO THE PLACE I SPENT MY FIRST 40 YEARS.
I VISITED MY PARENT GRAVE AND A FEW OTHERS.
I RODE BY MY CHILDHOOD HOME, THE ONLY ONE I KNEW
UNTIL I MARRIED.
THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD ISN'T LIKE IT USED TO BE.
AS A YOUNG GIRL, WALKING TO MY FRIEND, ROXANNE'S HOUSE
DOWN THE STREET SEEMED SO LONG.
YESTERDAY IT SEEMED LIKE 5 STEPS.
I RODE BY MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL
AND JUNIOR HIGH ALL BEGINNING WITH THE WORDS
GOLDEN MEADOW.
I VISITED MY BESTIE, LAURIE'S MOMMA.
WHO IS NOW 95 AND STILL SO MUCH OF THE WOMAN
I REMEMBER IN MY CHILDHOOD.
WALKING INTO LAURIE'S CHILDHOOD HOME
ALSO BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES OF A TIME GONE.
HER MOMMA REMAINED CONSTANT IN ALL THOSE MEMORIES.
I SHARED WITH HER SOME OF THE THINGS I REMEMBER
AS A TEENAGER THERE. AHHHH, NOSTALGIA!
IT WAS THEN TIME TO ENTER INTO THE HOME
OF MY CHILDHOOD CATHOLIC CHURCH.
SO MUCH THE SAME, SO MUCH CHANGED.
WE WERE THERE TO PLAY TRIBUTE TO OUR MOO
AND TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE, OLD FRIENDS JOIN US
WAS THE CAUSE OF SOME OF MY TEARS.
OTHERS WAS FOR THE MANY FRIENDSHIPS THAT
HAVE WITHSTOOD A LIFETIME.
MEMORIES OF A LITTLE GIRL SITTING IN THOSE VERY
PEWS WITH MY MOMMA AND MY SIBLINGS.
MAKING ALL MY SACRAMENTS ON THAT VERY ALTAR.
THE SAME ALTAR MY OWN CHILDREN MADE THEIR OWN
CATHOLIC MILESTONES.
THE HISTORY IN THOSE WALLS, THE STORIES IT COULD TELL
HAD ME FEELING "ALL THE FEELINGS".
TO SIT BETWEEN TWO OF MY MOST LOYAL FRIENDS,
LAURIE AND ALLISON
AS WE WATCHED OUR BESTIE, ANN BURY HER HUSBAND
WAS BOTH BEAUTIFUL AND SAD.
YET WE THEN ALL GATHERED AT THE HOME
OF ANN'S SISTER WITH SO MANY PEOPLE FROM MY PAST
WAS THE PERFECT WAY TO END THE SAD DAY
WE ALL WERE NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO.
TO SIT AND EAT, SHARE STORIES AND JUST BE.
THE PERFECT ENDING TO A VERY HARD DAY.
MOO WOULD BE SO VERY PROUD OF HIS WIFE AND BOYS.
I MADE SURE TO TELL THEM THIS AS WELL.
HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS TOGETHER AGAIN
MADE ME REALIZE WE MAY BE DOING THIS A FEW TIMES
BEFORE IT IS OUR OWN TIME TO SAY GOODBYE TO THIS LIFE.
LOTS OF NOSTALGIA IN THIS PHOTO AS
5 OF US SPENT OUR HIGH SCHOOL TRIP IN DISNEY WORLD
AND AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, WE ALL REMEMBER
DIFFERENT THINGS AS BEING TRUTH.
( YES, PEGGY YOU DID CRY AND KISS GUS' PHOTO NIGHTLY)
ON THE WAY HOME, I HAD ONE MORE STOP I JUST HAD TO MAKE.
AT THE HOME OF MY FRIEND, JODIE WHO I MET WHILE
IN NURSING SCHOOL.
HER FAMILY BECAME A BIG PART OF MY NURSING SCHOOL DAYS
AND EVEN AFTER.
WE HAVE RECONNECTED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS
THROUGH MY ART AND WAS ABLE
TO VISIT WITH HER, ONE OF HER SISTERS AND HER MOM.
MORE MEMORIES SHARED AS WE ALSO CAUGHT UP ON LIFE EVENTS.
IT'S A GOOD START TO MY 2025 YEAR.
I PRAY THE BIG MAN BLESSES ME WITH A YEAR OF
GOODWILL AND NOSTALGIA...
ENOUGH TO LAST ME A LIFETIME.
RIP MOODY
WE WILL TAKE CARE OF ANN AND YOU TWO
HAVE DONE A FINE JOB WITH YOUR BOYS.
REST NOW, DEAR MAN.
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