Nostalgia
I called my parents and eldest sister yesterday. They were at the cottage in Canada enjoying the summer. Obviously, I was, and am still, disappointed that I am not there instead of here. There was more to what I felt, though. I felt a great sense of nostalgia for things in the past, not just going to "Canada" as my family always refers to going to the lake. I started thinking of all the people, places, and activities that I miss. Trips to Desert Lake are at, or very close to, the top of the list, as that is probably where my fondest childhood memories are. Also, that's where my earliest memory took place - the time I fell off a cliff when I was 2 years old (I still blame you for that one, Jacquie). I went there every year for the first 18 years after I was born, and once before (my mother went there in July/August and I was born in November). It has changed over the course of time, as all things do, but it was more the people that changed than the place.
Reflecting back on my life brings up a great number of joyful memories and a fair share of not-so-joyful ones. It's strange how the mind remembers events. Bad memories are turned to good by laughing at them and that it's the happy memories that seem to hurt.
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I, too, am missing Canada this year. But what's been bothering me more lately is our house in Pennsylvania where we grew up. (Our parents sold it and moved to Wyoming last year) I think that's part of the reason I haven't been back to PA since. I really do like the West/Midwest better than the East (Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York). But I think I'm afraid to see other people living in our house and all the changes they've made to the place. The one time I was back in PA, wich wasn't long after they'd moved, I purposely avoided driving past our old place.
I apologize to all my friends and family in PA (and OH). I do want to visit you, I just don't want to go back to PA.
-Phil
Hi Thomas, I agree that Desert Lake is a pretty awesome place, wish we could have gone there more often. All my children loved it. It is also good to be able to laugh at ourselves.:) True peace and happiness can only come from having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, the Lord of all. Not the Jesus or religion that one learns about in so many dead or deceived churches, but the living ,powerful,Jesus of the Bible ,that really loves and cares for each of us enough to even count the hairs on our heads, no matter how short.:) I love you Thomas and we are praying for you and Jacob. His e-mail is Jacobbarlass@yayoo.com
-Laurie Arco
If you want to climb down a cliff after marshmallow sticks, who am I to stop you?
--Jacquie
Thomas,
Phil gave me a link to your blog and I have to admit that I am impressed with your writings. I guess I never got the chance to really get to know you since I don't remember you being one of the "little boys" who hung around us "older girls". I guess as we grow into adulthood that all slips behind us. I pray for you and others that are in the armed forces daily. Let me say that I give full respect to anyone who choosed to serve their country even when they don't understand or agree with the reason. I have to go because the horses in the barn are telling me that they want to go out. (I'm at work)
With much love,
Cuz' Sarah :) from Duluth
Well, you COULD have just taken them down to the beach. You could have proven your point just as well there.
Oh, so you have allowed anonymous comments. Good.
-Phil
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