LJ Idol Season 8 - Week 27: Memory's Snowball

[alycewilson]

This is my entry this week for therealljidol. I invite you to read and vote for the many fine entries. This week's topic is "Once Upon a Time."

Comments

[jem0000000]

Awwwww! This is beautiful, and so well-written. I think I'd rather have room for life and love and memories than for phone numbers, too. :)

[alycewilson]

Thank you! It's another one of those entries that has marinated in my brain all weekend long, while I was doing other things, until I finally got a chance to write it.

[jem0000000]

You're welcome! Entries are usually all the better for a little marination, lol. ;)

[alycewilson]

Definitely!

[similiesslip]

Autographing a banana! That's great!

And I bet Disney world is a great place for a honeymoon. I've never been there but it sounds like fun:)

I like how you mention "in jokes" In a way, I think that's what makes a family, all those little odd things only your relatives understand and you never have to explain..everyone knows the story.

I really enjoyed your entry!:)

[alycewilson]

Thanks! The short version of the banana story is that he had been shepherding a guest at an anime convention and brought her lunch. She jokingly signed her banana and gave it to him, and I teased him that it meant she wanted him. So after we'd been flirting the whole convention, on the last day, I asked him to autograph a banana for me.

Disney World was GREAT for our honeymoon. They gave us "Just Married" pins, and everyone was so nice to us that it was like we were royalty. I actually cried while watching the evening parade at the Magic Kingdom, with the fireworks over Cinderella's castle. I bet there are lots of people who have dreamed of seeing that sight with their own "Prince Charming." :)

In jokes are so much fun. I've actually let my husband in on some of the family in-jokes, like the ones between my brother and sister and I, so that I have someone to share them with when my siblings aren't around.

Glad you liked it!

[halfshellvenus]

There are so many memories now, it is no wonder I no longer have room for phone numbers or, say, the exact location of my keys.
Parenthood was when those little bits of "extra" information started to fall out of my head, too. You think you're busy before, but it's a different world afterward, and perhaps some of what crowds things out is all of the "more" you want to hang onto.

Lovely entry!

[alycewilson]

Thank you! I have new appreciation for all moms now. And new sympathy for them, as well.

[lilycobalt]

I think I've created memories from early childhood photographs. It's hard to tell the difference. I like the snowball metaphor :)

[alycewilson]

Thank you! It came out of a discussion I had with my husband when I was trying to come up with what to do with this topic. I liked the idea of combining stories from my life with a metaphor that depicted the perception of time, how it seems to move faster as I get older.

[lawchicky]

So sweet, I loved this. In some ways, it's the complete opposite of what I've posted this week- watching a life grow together instead of grow apart.

We honeymooned in WDW too, which made me love the parks even more than I already did as a child and kind of solidified it as my favorite place in the world.

[alycewilson]

I'm going to go read yours right now.

I would recommend WDW for any honeymooners. While my husband had been there a couple times, I'd never gone. We both agreed that we would get bored just lying around a beach for a week; so we wanted a place with plenty to see. We sure found it!