And More Tiny Memories

[Paul de Denus]

70’s: Watching a man call his dog from across a street, the dog running and a speeding car approaching.

 

50”s: Laughing as our mother shoved my dad into the hall closet by the front door because he was drunk and she didn’t want the kids to see.

 

50’s: At age five, looking into a stroller at a strange new entity: a sister.

 

70’s: Almost drowning in Hawaii, not understanding the pounding force of waves and the hidden riptide.

 

60’s: A smiling kid walking down the street singing Do Wah Diddy and knowing everything had changed.

 

80’s: Eyeballing the new production manager at work and saying to myself, I’m going to marry her one day.

[Bill Floyd]

I'm digging the vibe and the cadence of this one.  Do Wah Diddy changes so very much.

[Teresa]

I love hearing premonition (I'm going to marry her one day) sweetnesses.  It's so Sleepless In Seattle...;-)  But true.  Poor dog.  Your mom shoving Dad in the closet is funny now but probably not back then.  I tried to read this and Ron's Tiny Memories sixes on my iPhone and got the dogs and drowning experiences mixed up, so that I thought Ron almost drowned in Hawaii and couldn't remember his name and the dog you saw got struck by lightening as it was running across the street.  Strange.  Fun six.

[Paul de Denus]

the dog didn't make it; my dad didn't say anything the next day; my sister is now a strange old entity; I don't swim much while on vacation; Bob, I knew that was you; Toby, yes we did get married (still are) always marry the boss.

[Bob Clay]

Do Wah Diddy Diddy dum de da doo ....

[Toby Tucker Hecht]

I like that you gave the "moment before" in many of these memories.  Question:  Did you marry her?

[Mike Handley]

Sister as entity ... AWESOME! And so is Judy's giving voice to what I was thinking.

[Judy Thompson]

in any writing, and especially snips like these,  it's as much what you leave out as what you put in. maybe more.  You're letting us look through the keyhole into your own  memories. Very cool, and very well done.

[Ron. Lavalette]

Impending roadkill; very powerful.

I, too, recall my siter's arrival very clearly.

[Angela]

Your memories are engaging, and kind of universal - even though I have not directly experienced any of them.  That, I think, is part of what I am enjoying about this exercise.  So many of these posts give a feeling of connectedness.  Nice job, Paul.