It’s that time of year… again. My mind gears towards numbers and dates. As such, around this time of year, my mind automatically starts what I’ve come to call The Countdown. Many of the significant dates of 2005-2006 landed in November and December. Lots of ‘little anniversaries’. And I remember them all.
It ends up starting a bit of a mini-depression, but I’ve gotten better at riding through it.
Still, one thing… well, one of many, I suppose… of the whole process and aftermath of losing someone is this: You do get better at getting through and adapting to the New Life. However, no matter how much time passes, from time to time… a memory will come along and slap you upside your head.
The past day or two, I’ve kinda felt something… dragging at me. Hard to explain, just didn’t feel ‘right’. Was really feeling E. Flipping through tonight, I caught what it was. A new commercial… I’d heard it vaguely the other day, but was in another room, and hadn’t realized it. It’s a new toy, something about a Weeble treehouse. I have a crystal clear memory of E sitting on the floor, rocking and signing with the kidlets, “Weeble wobble…. Weeble Wobble… Weebles wobble but they don’t fall… DOWN!” Made me smile and giggle back then… now, well, I smile… and feel wistful.
And The Countdown has begun.
1 comment:
I know the feeling of hearing something that triggers a memory like that. It's funny how often it's a commercial. It's also funny that I've been gathering commercials that do just that! They might make it to a post one of these days.
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