Category: Tunes

My #TBT Picture that I chose today was of Sean’s first Halloween. I found the cutest costume in a magazine and my seamstress best friend whom I worked with then made it for Sean;

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Ami is STILL my best friend 19 years later! I was talking to her about these pictures and she shared them on Facebook and I also shared the man Facebook. I clearly remember this day:

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I still have a costume for future use for my grandkids’ first Halloween, I think. We will have to see how their size coincide with Sean’s size. I stared at these pictures fondly as I rememberEd that day! My mind wondered to a song:

The song fit with my little boy as a lion! I listened to the song I million times because I was cast as Dorothy in my high school’s rendition of The Wiz. The production never came to fruition but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t work really hard on it!

Stephanie Mills uses her chest voice all of the time and that was difficult to sing but back then, I STILL could sing! I listened to that song among others 1 million times until the show was given the axe. I thought of this song has I’ve looked at pictures of my, “Little Lion” from so long ago!

This video showed up in my YouTube feed four days ago and I know I have missed a few that I post on Facebook so I don’t forget them but I just wanted to hear the song! It’s one of my faves!

i’ve never been to Boston and this video is from 2001 so, depending on when the concert was, I was either really pregnant or just had a baby. Regardless, I watched in and felt like I went to a concert! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE BONO!!!

I lead a very small life now. I have written before that even amid this pandemic, my life really hasn’t changed that much. Yes, my hair is extremely overgrown along with my eyebrow but things have really, pretty much, stayed the same for me. I am still sheltering in place with my Mom in my house still so I am well taken care of.

I have a very routine life now. I am still drinking my breakfast and lunch because chewing is oftentimes vary difficult. I have only left my house twice for dental appointments The past eight months. Dental health is important for me considering my condition.

My mornings and afternoons consist of taking many vitamins and drinking my protein shakes for strength. I amuse myself by watching Hocus Pocus in October and that’s pretty much it. So, my life is very small but I did do something today that matters…

I have joined the 39 million people who have already cast their ballots for the upcoming election. My ballot was filled out, signed, sealed, and it will be delivered tomorrow to the clerks office!

I actually really do miss the sticker that I get by not going to the poll on election day but it’s safer for me voting absentee.

Sean’s Men’s Health magazine arrived today. Lenny Kravitz was on the cover and all shirtless and ripped!:

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Sean asked me, “Isn’t he old?! I started to laugh and I agreed with him! I told him that he was coming out with songs when I was like 10. I told him that his daughter is like in her 20s now.

When I got off the phone with him because he was here to supervise Leia’s play date with the neighbors’ dog, I looked it up. Lenny Kravitz is 56 and his daughter, Zoe, is 31. That made me really made me feel old! Sean started humming the song that he told me makes him drive too fast:

I laughed and told him that is a great song and then he talked about Lennys mellow song that he digs:

I again started to laugh again and I commented on the fact that he knew this music! And then I told him to listen to this song which is more of a later Lenny Kravitz song but it was on a CD that his dad bought me for Christmas so it is part of his history:

I thought it was fun that Sean and I talked about good music and I really dig that even at 56, Lenny is pretty hot! (I didn’t tell Sean that!)

So, I have been bummed out since learning Friday about my uncle Rey’s passing. My cousin, Reyna, called my Mom and we both spoke to her on speakerphone. Hearing her voice with her Texan accent reminded me of being young. I have SO many fond memories of being there and my Dad was happiest when he was in Texas! I told Reyna that I had been there maybe four or five times in my life and her family made a HUGE impression on me!

So, yesterday I was with my Mom when she ordered flowers for his funeral. Visitation was today. I was thinking about Reyna‘s Texas accent this morning and that picture I have of both my aunt Olga and uncle Rey. I scrolled through Facebook as I was trying to get my bearings about me and wake up when I saw this picture:

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My Tïa Alma wrote this post and included this picture of my aunt Olga and uncle Rey. I gasped and seeing this picture took my breath away. I was either 6 or 7 when I was first introduced to my relatives in Texas. And Olga is my Dad’s aunt. She is my grandpa’s sister. Seeing this picture took my breath away because I am seeing their faces. The one I have that I snuck taking in church is of their backs but is uncle Ray’s arm around her and her leaning in shows so much they were in love. They are together now.

My Mom called the funeral home today to make sure the flowers were delivered and hearing the Texas accent again made me smile. The man who answered the phone told us they were delivered and later in the evening, both of my cousins (their daughters) thanked my Mom for the flowers, told her how beautiful day were, and texted her pictures:

The woman we spoke with on Saturday did a wonderful job arranging the flowers! Seeing the arrangement’s beauty and with my aunt and uncle’s picture in my mind, it still takes my breath away and I can’t seem to get this song out of my head:

I’ve always liked the word, “Palindrome” and I suppose Thursday was the radio, “Palindrome.” I heard a GREAT u2 tune on my way to the dentist and on my way back home from the dentist. It was meant for me!: