Bobby Vee 'Run to Him'

Pepper

Pepper

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I remember playing this over and over and over again in 1961. I was a little girl. I was either 11 or 12, depending upon the month. I had a big crush on Bobby Vee. I knew all about how his career started, with the death of Buddy Holly.

So, it came to my mind this morning, out of nowhere, this song. So, like any good modern person, instead of finding the LP, which I still have, I went to YouTube, started playing. Then, I couldn't stop playing. Then, I'm sobbing. And sobbing. And sobbing. Can't stop. I haven't cried in so long I thought my tears dried up. No they didn't, they're here.

I was a little girl, you see, a little girl, a little girl, a little girl with all the world about to open, and what exciting times they were opening into.

So here I sit, a stupid, sick old woman. Not much time left. Soon I'll be dead. Sitting, sick and weak. Remembering. Remembering Bobby Vee and how I was in love with him. A little girl, in love. When the world was open.
 

It's hard living in this same apartment where I have lived since age 4, we moved in the day before my 4th BD, on my parent's wedding anniversary, they were married 15 years the day we moved in.

Over there, in that corner, do you remember when dad said ................ over there, in that space, remember what sister did? What ma said? Grandma Rose? What about the cats who have lived here, my great loves.

There are ghosts here.
 

Emotional memories are some of the most powerful & enduring memories we have. Some of them can stay hidden within us for decades. Then suddenly, without warning, they jump out at us, as powerful as they were before. Suddenly a whole aspect of our past lives is standing next to us again, and it feels as real as it did before. Perhaps now with some added extra that we didn't feel or immediately see in the past. Returning with added layers, and potentially bringing some new meanings with them too.
 
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Pepper said:
It's hard living in this same apartment where I have lived since age 4, we moved in the day before my 4th BD, on my parent's wedding anniversary, they were married 15 years the day we moved in.

Over there, in that corner, do you remember when dad said ................ over there, in that space, remember what sister did? What ma said? Grandma Rose? What about the cats who have lived here, my great loves.

There are ghosts here.
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I moved far away from home at 19. I was just saying the reason I don't remember as much as I should about my childhood is because I don't have reminders around. It was a revelation. No wonder I only remember the bad things. They stand out.
On Facebook one day a girl I went to school with said, "Oh, I remember when you did this and it was so funny. You were really funny". What??? I never remembered that until she told me.
So, Pepper, I would enjoy the ghosts. šŸ¤—
 
I remember Bobby Vee. He had a string of hits and then kind of faded away. My favorite song of his was ā€œRubber Ball.ā€ I think I read he died from complications with Alzheimerā€™s.
 
Pepper said:
It's hard living in this same apartment where I have lived since age 4, we moved in the day before my 4th BD, on my parent's wedding anniversary, they were married 15 years the day we moved in.
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Are you in a rent controlled apartment? Is that what kept you in the same apartment for so many years?
 
Rich said:
Are you in a rent controlled apartment? Is that what kept you in the same apartment for so many years?
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It's a co-op. I had a break of living here for decades, but since mother maintained place after father died, when she died she left apartment to me. For NYC, my fees are low.
 

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