My sister is my best friend in the whole world. I really hate that she lives so far away from me. It really makes me sad to know that she's 8 hours away from me.
I remember shopping with my sister. She used to work at the Broadway at Del Amo mall in California. She is the wonderful person that started my love for shoes!!!! Lol (I so love a good pair of shoes.) I can't remember how it happened, but somehow my sister signed me up to be in a fashion show there. I wore a red dress that had pockets on the front. One of them had a mouse on the pocket with I think some books under it. When we were done, a couple of the girls and I thought we were supposed to go back to the room we changed in, so we missed the "bow" at the end. Oops
When she got married, I wasn't just a flower girl either. I had a big girl dress and was called a bridesmaid. Of sorts. Lol She was the best!!!! We still had our shopping days too. She bought me my first pair of Sasoons and Jordache jeans!!!! She took me to a mall once that had a skating rink and I got to go skating after lunch! The drives we would take, it was great.
Her husband LOVED racing. He would always go to the Ascot race track in Gardena, CA. So, almost every Saturday, he was there filming the races. I always liked to go when I could. It was fun!! My favorite sprint car was a florescent green one and I got his autograph once!! The best times to go was always for the race around the 4th of July. FIREWORKS BABY!!!! (I think all of us kids got the LOVE of fireworks from our mom. Lol) Then there were some Saturdays that she wouldn't go and she would come hang out with me and mom and dad. Those time were awesome too!! Shopping and dinner with the 3 of us girls, EPOCH!! Sometimes my dad would go, but it was rare. Our favorite place to eat in the mall was a Greek place. Armo's Kabob. SOOOOOOOOO Yummy!!!!!
When dad passed and mom moved us up here, she stayed in CA with her husband. We came back for our first Christmas and I got to go to Disneyland with her. It was great, til it started to rain on us. Lol It was Lake Disney when we went to get in the car. A few years later, the 2 ended up moving to UT with us. I had my sister again!! When I got pregnant with Jonathan, she was mad, angry and hurt. They had tried for kids with no luck. Mom told her to put all that anger and feelings into the baby. She was there when he was born. (Now that's a story for another time.)
When mom passed, the whole family just fell apart, but she was there for me. I was pregnant with my 4th kid. When my marriage fell apart, she was there for me. When my husband passed away, she was there for me. Now that my life has started to come back together, she's still there for me. And I know she will be there for me for years to come too
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
My life has been soo freaking crazy. As far back as I can remember, it was always just...... FULL. Tons of family always over and nothing but chaos. Being the youngest of 8 children isn't easy. My oldest brother is 21 years older than me. The next is 20, then 18. My sister and my best friend is 14 years older. The next brother is 11 years older, then 10, then 6. I was kind of an OOPS!! My oldest brother got married when I was only about 2. I don't remember it at all, but I still have the basket I carried as the flower girl. Apparently I cried a lot so when the next brother got married, I only had a matching outfit and wasn't in it. (Darn) I was 3 when my first niece was born. Her and her sister were my best friends for YEARS!!!! They also had a son while I remember them living in Arizona for a while. Then San Diego before moving in with us at our house in Carson for a while. Then they found a place in Wilmington and lived there til Mom and I moved to Utah.
My next brother used to have a house not too far from the beach. I remember being there for a party once. I slipped and fell and was crying in my Moms arms when he came up and told me to be quiet cuz I was being to loud. (Really?) The next house was a nice one on the corner of a street. They had 2 boys and a HUGE salt water tank. He had a '57 Chevy Nomad that became the bane of his existence. When they got divorced, he moved back in with us and she had the boys. His drinking got worse and he got into drugs. He spent a lot of time in the garage. One time, I guess the depression got to him too much and he decided to end it all. I was outside playing with some friends and my nieces. I was an Ewok!! I heard something from the garage and thought my brother was calling me, so I yelled back, "What?!" No answer, so I went back to playing. Then the noise again. So this time I got up and went over to the garage to see what he needed, thinking he was calling me. When I got to the garage, all I could do was scream. He was hanging from the rafters of the garage with a speaker wire. All I could think to do was scream for my mom. I started running into the house screaming for her, but she wasn't there!! Mom and Dad had gone grocery shopping and only my oldest brother and his wife were there. I don't remember much after getting into the house. My oldest took over and his wife held me after getting all the other kids into the house.
That's all I want to think about today.....
My next brother used to have a house not too far from the beach. I remember being there for a party once. I slipped and fell and was crying in my Moms arms when he came up and told me to be quiet cuz I was being to loud. (Really?) The next house was a nice one on the corner of a street. They had 2 boys and a HUGE salt water tank. He had a '57 Chevy Nomad that became the bane of his existence. When they got divorced, he moved back in with us and she had the boys. His drinking got worse and he got into drugs. He spent a lot of time in the garage. One time, I guess the depression got to him too much and he decided to end it all. I was outside playing with some friends and my nieces. I was an Ewok!! I heard something from the garage and thought my brother was calling me, so I yelled back, "What?!" No answer, so I went back to playing. Then the noise again. So this time I got up and went over to the garage to see what he needed, thinking he was calling me. When I got to the garage, all I could do was scream. He was hanging from the rafters of the garage with a speaker wire. All I could think to do was scream for my mom. I started running into the house screaming for her, but she wasn't there!! Mom and Dad had gone grocery shopping and only my oldest brother and his wife were there. I don't remember much after getting into the house. My oldest took over and his wife held me after getting all the other kids into the house.
That's all I want to think about today.....
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