Oddly, the most persistent memory from the trip is from the very end. About an hour from home, everyone is tired, cranky, hungry, after the long drive from California to Colorado. The kids are arguing sporadically. My back hurts. And, as if by magic, Waitress In the Sky comes on the mix CD, I crank it up, we all start singing along, loudly and happily. After the song ends we return to our former tired, cranky and hungry selves. But for that three minutes we are in a state of grace, singing along to The Replacements. And an hour later we are home.
Some more pix:
Hux, youngest, John Bader (an old and dear friend from college)
Eldest and me
John Bader and youngest
Eldest, in what appears incorrectly to be a Coke commercial. If Coke wants to pay me for the product placement, I'm open. Have your people call my people.
6 comments:
Sweet.. bright sunny faces and beautiful smiles. Can't ask for more than that.. except maybe that Coke gig.
Had no idea of the song. It's good. (I was hopeful because waitressing in the sky might mean cake in the rain . . . )
Everyone so toothy.
Great pics! The kids are adorable and you aren't so bad yourself!!
Hugs
SueAnn
I think that's a great memory. You guys look great, the kids are adorable, and such beautiful smiles all around.
I love seeing these photos of happiness!
The sisters put me in mind of a book I just read:
"The Cookbook Collector," by Allegra Goodman. Built around the classic tension between eldest/youngest pair of sisters. (I'm the youngest to my sister.)
Usually the elder takes on the burdens/gifts of the practical realm, the younger, the burdens/gifts of the whimsical.
(Do I see that in your girls, or am I projecting?)
Anyway, the novel is not great but it is also a v. good and v. readable attempt to grapple with the tension between the computer world (eldest is a CEO of a startup) and books (youngest works in a used bookstore).
Screw Coke; everything goes better with The Replacements.
Glad to have you guys back.
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