One of the things that blogging does...if the Blogger chooses....is to give an insight into the professional as a person...I am the eldest of three children...born and raised in Wisconsin....my Father was a strict Catholic...and that is the church all the children attended. We went to public school....and attended classes on Saturday mornings while we were in elementary school and later in high school on Monday evenings. The church we went to was a beautiful red brick colonial building...that replaced an older church and had a rectory attached to it. It also had an elementary school behind it and Fish fries and dances were held in the basement of the school. My parents were active in school activities...members of the PTA...and they would also serve as chapparones for CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) dances....not something any of us enjoyed. It was just tooooo embarrassing to have your parents at a dance...watch you dance...who you danced with.....fast or slow....just toooo much information.
At those Saturday nights, there was a "right way" to slow dance.....and a "wrong way"...and dancing bear hug....girl's arms around the boy's neck...boy's arms around the girl's waist....was definetly....the "wrong way.
My parents then felt it was their duty as chapperones to tap the boy on the shoulder and announce in a not quiet enough voice to ever suit us that the couple was to "Let a little room for the holy spirit." This would usually send us running to the bathroom to hide our embarrassment and wait for a song or two and hope everyone forgot the embarrassing incident.
We shared this youthful memory with Buyers of ours who have become friends of ours...Mrs. Buyer and I began calling each other "NBF"....New Best Friends...we are now OBF...Old Best Friends. Their daughter, Angelina, will graduate from 8th grade this June....OBF sent me this email:
Angelina will be graduating from 8th grade this year. As part of the celebration,
they give each 8th grader a t-shirt with a 2012 on the front, and a saying that graduates
will remember on the back. Look at this year's t-shirt. Angelina says they voted from
a choice of a few sayings. This one won. She says it is because of the middle school dances.
Be sure to tell your mom that 52, eighth graders are wearing t shirts with her favorite middle
school saying on it. :) !!
We are going to include this picture of Angelina with Mom's card on Mother's Day.....more wisdom learned at Mother's knee....and a little peek of what growing up was like for this blogger. Happiest of graduations to come Angelina...we know that the spirits wherever they are....will guide you to achieve the very best you can be.
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