While listening to Sister Hazel's Champaign High this weekend (great song by the way), I had a trip down memory lane. With my birthday coming up, I keep remembering other great birthdays and listening to Sister Hazel takes me back to a nice one. For my 24th birthday, I was in a horrible place being recently divorced, in a downward spiral, trying to figure out who I was and how my life had become a mess, basically, lots of self-pity.
My siblings decided to surprise me and take me to dinner and a concert. They had discovered that Sister Hazel would be in town the night of my birthday and got tickets for us to see them. Now for anyone who lived in Gainesville in the 90s, Sister Hazel was big! They had a song in the top 40, another song on a movie soundtrack, they were on their way up. To me, they were the nice guys who came into the copy store and chatted.
I went to their concert with my sibs and made an absolute fool of myself, dancing in the front row and singing at the top of my lungs. We ended the evening out at Benningan's and had a nice meal. It was a wonderful time and a moment I needed when I was in such a dark time in my life. This is my last good memory of my brother, which makes it more bittersweet (do the math). So thanks for the stroll down memory lane and here's to melancholy wishes that things were different.
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4 comments:
At least you have good memories of your family to look back on. If things were happy once, there is always the chance they will return to that state. The important thing to remember is that you are doing all that you can, the rest is up to them to accomplish. And remember, as you grow older, family is not only those who you are related by blood but also those people who you can choose to have in your life. It is a remarkable thing when these two happen to coincide, but they are family either way. Love you darlin! Happy (early) Birthday! Now stop thinking about this and start thinking about partying to celebrate the big day!
I'll let it go for the time being, but I have been thinking about the "situation".
As for my b-day...woo-hoo...miss you sweety! But I have a great group of friends up here who I plan to go out with, plus Erin, Becky, and I are doing Harry Potter/ Birthday in July.
Love you too...plus I have a better understanding of the whole sister of the heart and family you create concept. So we'll grow old in a nursing home together, right?
Happy birthday! My son is a huge fan of Sister Hazel and finally got to see them in concert last year or so. Amazing, isn't it, how something so simple as a concert and meal picks up the spirit; like a trip to Arby's!!
Tammy- OMG, I can't believe someone up here knows them, much less, someone younger. They sang the anthem songs of my 20s. "Happy" is one of my favorite songs of all time cause it makes me happy no matter the occasion and "Thank You," well that's my f*** you song to my ex. Glad you enjoyed our lunch at Arby's.
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