Twenty-four days.
What a lovely weekend this past one has been.
I have pictures (and stories) to share soon.
Probably this weekend, when I have access to a camera cord.
Last night Funnel and I went to see The Science of Sleep. I loved it. And I realized that the first movie we ever saw together (before it all began) was also directed by Michael Gondry.
Amy said something yesterday about it being neat to watch stories unfold, and I must concur. Maybe even the neatest thing ever. All the little things that lead us to where we now are. They become so dear — those little steps and nudges.
Twenty-four. I remember when I first numbered all the days in my day-planner, during one of Dr. Laughlin’s classes and it was two-hundred-and-fourteen. Twenty-four seemed impossibly far away.
October 4th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
hm. that is so odd, i was just sitting yesterday thinking and writing about stories unfolding. i don’t think i used the phrase “stories unfolding” it was more of “life’s journeys” – looking back in life and seeing where the road has lead you and wondering what is going to happen next. i found an old journal from august 2002. i was a junior in high school and it was 3 months before i ever met the fredericks. the entry i happened to open to was august 11- it was bayla’s 7th birthday. i read what i wrote and then i imagined the frederick household on that very day. debbie running around getting ready for a party and lots of little girls. danielle haleping bake a cake. bayla and her little joyful self bouncing around. the boys playing video games; hanging out with friends; skating. funnel and peab would have been in new york then… we were only a city apart and yet looking back it seems like miles…our roads have brought us so very near.
October 5th, 2006 at 10:07 am
Sometimes I think back on times before I knew a person and it’s weird to think about them not being in my life. And it’s cool to think about who I might know five years from now and how different life will be. Before I met Funnel, I used to think, “I have not even met the people who will become some of the most dear to me” … my husband and children and my grandchildren.
I remember watching old movies of the Frederick kids and the times Funnel has watched movies of me, and it seems really surreal. I can’t explain it. I wish I could have met the younger version of him. I wish I could meet the younger version of you.
Anyway, this is becoming a long reply to your comment. Your comment made me smile.
January 14th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Jen
this website is so cool! i am enjoying to get to know you better on this website. i am glad that you and Funnel liked the cd i made. see you soon. love Barbie