Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This...

Lara

Lara

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I'm happy, sun is shining, I've been out for a glorious walk with Bella, but it doesn't take much today for me to tear up for some unknown reason. Not sad tears. Not happy tears, just endearing and heartfelt tears.

I was listening to a Jim Croce song, "Photographs and Memories" and got teary while I looked at a pic of my husband and myself out to dinner at the ChartHouse in Cardiff-by-the-Sea CA eons ago...but just in an endearing way. Well, maybe a little sad. It didn't help that I was sad that Jim Croce died too at a young age.

Then I got teary when The Sunday Morning Show did a segment about Hurricane Harvey and showed people of all colors, all religions, all ethnicities making a human chain out to a man stranded in a car. Then the commenter pointed out if just one person let go it would have ended in a death instead of life...and again my eyes puddled up...a heartfelt puddle.

You all just better be very tender with me today :D Momma said there'd be days like this.


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I understand how you're feeling today Lara, your post touched my heart along with your lovely photo. Our mama's were very wise, weren't they? :sentimental:

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awww...thank you Seabreeze. You're so sweet. Somehow I'm going to have to redirect this thread in a brighter direction or at least off of me :).

Maybe if there is anyone who wants to post photographs and memories of their past as well..happy or difficult days or funny stories of days where everything went awry.
 

Great picture of you two, Lara. Sorry you're feeling sentimental, but sometimes I think it's a good thing to shed a few tears. It's nice to be able to come to the board and share your feelings.

In an effort to lighten up the thread.....this is so insignificant compared to your post, but I woke up today what looked like crumbled dry grass or crushed pot all over my dining room floor. I couldn't imagine what it was!

I had decided my kitty didn't need the unopened bag of catnip I purchased when I first got him. I put it in a Goodwill donation basket in the bottom of my closet. Apparently, it was found last night. He chewed a big hole in it and ate the whole bag. He's usually laid back, but, OMG, today he needs to be in a strait jacket....literally bouncing off the walls, chasing his tail 'til he passes out, and racing from room to room like a NASCAR driver. Whew! The vet said it should be wearing off soon.

I'm hoping someone has had a more enjoyable and relaxing experience and can share.
 
Awwwww I know what you mean mi chica..I get like that sometimes... don't know where it comes from, but just feel completely emotional over things...good and bad...


I love that photo of you , I can't believe how young you look , and I can see where your daughters get their looks ... nothings' changed much has it..you still look waaayyy too young for your age...:D


I had an accident yesterday which has left me in a lot of pain today...but I'm not going to bore everyone with the details... there's so many people out there suffering in so many ways , I just gotta count myself lucky I'm not as badly off as them..


Anyway... back to someone to post funny stories or old sentimental pictures. I love looking at peoples' pictures, don't you?
 
Lara - You are not alone. I used to be rather stoic/unemotional but since the loss of my wife about 1 1/2 years ago, I find myself tearing up at the oddest things. I dunno. It's just weird sometimes.

But on a happier note, here's a picture from about 1947 or so - a boy (me) and his first carFH000014.jpg
 
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Hugs Lara. I don't think a day goes by that I don't shed a tear for some reason. It's been 13 years since my husband died but I can still cry over a memory.

Add my mom dying last June and there's some more reasons for tears.

Sometimes it's not about loss of a person but just loss of my younger years and the memories.

I've become a real crybaby lately. :)
 
I think the vast majority of us have someone or more than one person that we miss to the extreme. I will see or hear something that will bring back a memory of my Mom, Dad or my closest Aunt and I will feel mostly sad. But, sometimes, the memory may bring me a smile and comfort. I enjoy looking at old pictures. So many memories when we reach our age.
 
Katy, thank you. I loved your catnip story and giggled at her antics after you said the vet said she'd be okay. You did lighten the thread. Good job :)

Holly, thank you and please know that your pain matters just as much as those who may suffer more. I will pray for your healing and for your doctor. It's not fair to retire after going through so much and then have an accident. You deserve the best life has to offer.

Hoot, thank you for your empathy. What an adorable little boy you were...love that vintage truck! So cute. I agree that it's weird to have a day like this out of the blue. It's comforting to know I'm not alone.

Aww CeeCee, I remember how good you were to your mom and what a struggle it's been. I'm grateful you have those handsome grandsons to make you smile. Thank you for the hugs.

Yes oldman, sometimes the loss brings smiles, sometimes sadness, sometimes comfort, and you never know from day to day or even moment to moment which one. Old pictures are a miracle and blessing aren't they.

What a great group of people in this room. Love you all.
 
My Momma done told me, when I was in knee pants, my Momma done told me; "Son,

A woman will sweet talk and give you the glad eye, but when the sweet talk is done;

A woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing who leads you to sing, "There's Blues in the Night."

(And this is true. Into each life a little rain must fall no matter what form it comes in. We also must take heart that

Every cloud has a silver lining. So, let's not fret about the bad things.....it's not productive. Think POSITIVE !
 
GREAT post, Lara!!! It has been so fantastic to see the neighbor helping neighbor in Houston without thought to race, religion, etc. That IS the United States ALL of us have learned to love.

As far as the "teary-eyed day"... At 70 years old, I still have "those days" or have a thought fleet through my mind that brings some tears. When I think of how my Mother suffered with cancer for so many years. When I think of how my lovely wife suffered when she lost her Dad at an early age. NEVER apologize for a few tears. NEVER apologize for having a "teary-eyed-day". That only shows evidence of the caring soul within that even we on SF have learned to love.

You and I have radically different political views. Your heart-felt political views... Your tears of remembering... Your so evident faith are examples we all could learn from. Hope you have a better day tomorrow!!!!!
 
I come from a family of cry babies. I was talking to my cousin Linda on the phone today and she was crying. I asked her what was wrong and she said she was looking at old pictures. She said one was of my Grandmother on her birthday right before she passed away,and a lot of my cousins were in it and now they are no longer alive. Then she said the other was my Mom,Dad,brother ,sister and me on vacation. So I tried to calm her down and I thought she was feeling better. A little while after that I was checking my e-mails and that stinker had sent me the pictures.She even put a #1 on my brother,a #2 on my sister and a #3 on me.Now I have to think of a way to get her back.
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You just made my day better, Grumpy :) You're right that the good people in the US, "neighbor helping neighbor", are the vast majority that will keep us united. They just aren't usually the ones getting the news coverage so we all lose perspective...well, until Hurricane Harvey hit Texas which brought in more news coverage about the good people, the kind people, the quiet people with big hearts.

Thank you Grumpy for your encouragement. We have different views but we're still good friends because we have our priorities right. Your middle paragraph...well said.

Love those old photos of you and your family Sassycakes!
 
I empathize with you Lara. I am a widow, too. I have never loved another man like I loved him and I have never allowed myself to and you're the first to hear that. It's very hard, isn't it? To have a true love ripped away from us all of a sudden. At least that's how it was with me. God bless you. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ tender hug}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
 
Lara, sounds like a touch of melancholy. I combat the feeling by being especially kind to myself until it passes. I also saw the real life human chain/lifeline story on Sunday Morning yesterday and had same thoughts. Cheers!
 
Lara said:
I'm happy, sun is shining, I've been out for a glorious walk with Bella, but it doesn't take much today for me to tear up for some unknown reason. Not sad tears. Not happy tears, just endearing and heartfelt tears.

I was listening to a Jim Croce song, "Photographs and Memories" and got teary while I looked at a pic of my husband and myself out to dinner at the ChartHouse in Cardiff-by-the-Sea CA eons ago...but just in an endearing way. Well, maybe a little sad. It didn't help that I was sad that Jim Croce died too at a young age.

Then I got teary when The Sunday Morning Show did a segment about Hurricane Harvey and showed people of all colors, all religions, all ethnicities making a human chain out to a man stranded in a car. Then the commenter pointed out if just one person let go it would have ended in a death instead of life...and again my eyes puddled up...a heartfelt puddle.

You all just better be very tender with me today :D Momma said there'd be days like this.


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Nice picture of you and your husband.
 

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