This year, this picture will be 20 years old. I took this the first (and last) time I ever went water-skiing. After that summer, my toes would never again touch that lake water, nor would I return to that little town. I didn’t edit the picture in any way; it just has that curious green hue. Now it seems like a metaphor for looking back at youth, vigor, athleticism, the wide hope of your whole life ahead of you–all in the past, but captured by that cheap little camera. For those of us living insular lives, not traveling the world or checking off entries on Bucket Lists–those of us just trying to get by–it’s a nice reminder to know, as Sandra Bullock’s character says in Hope Floats, “Once upon a time your mama knew what it meant to shine.”
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Ouch. That’s awfully deep for a Saturday.
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Sorry. I’ll lighten it up for Sunday. 🙂
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Don’t lighten up any thing. Your post is fine. I just can’t keep my mouth shut. Have you ever thought about writing a book? You write like a new Erma Bombeck. Hell I’d buy it. And you should know if I can’t eat it, drink it, or use it with a computer, I won’t touch it. Seriously. You have a talent.
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Well, that’s the nicest thing I’ve heard all day. 🙂
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That’s a great pic! You should be very pleased with yourself that you still have it!
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Thanks. It’s in a shoebox with the others. Ha.
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Keep it somewhere dry!
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