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I always enjoy participating in the monthly #ActiveRainChallenge. I am grateful that Lew Corcoran and Patricia Feager are hosting this month's challenge. I am sure that I have had a lot of Aha moments throughout my life, and they likely led to me thinking that now I knew what was meant for me, and/or who I was or should become, haha. I will try to recall 4 of them for this #ActiveRainChallenge, but of course, I still don't know whether I am certain of who or what I was meant to become or do with this life that I was given to live, haha.

I don't actually remember this Aha moment, but it's one of my favorite memories from when I was a child. I know about it through the story that my Mom would tell others about it. I am not sure what age I actually was, either, but I was younger than 5 and younger than in the pictures I have shared for this post. We were living in California at the time, and my Mom loved to shop, but even at a young age, I did not, haha. We were at the Buena Park Mall (perhaps Michael Jacobs, John Pusa, or Jeff Dowler, CRS are familiar), even though I don't think it was an actual mall, but more of a shopping center. I guess I was bored with shopping and hanging around with my Mom, so I decided to wander off and check out the mall myself. While I was wandering, a message came over the loudspeaker about a little boy who was lost, and it described what I looked like and what I was wearing. The story goes that a sales associate noticed me and came over to talk with me. She noticed that after hearing the message over the loudspeaker, I looked down at myself to see what I was wearing, then I proclaimed that I was not lost, I am right here, haha. I assume that she then contacted someone to let them know that she had me with her, and then my Mom came and made me do more shopping with her, haha. In my mind, the Aha moment let me know that I definitely don't want to do much shopping in life, it's not my thing, haha.

 


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Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

Ugh, I would not want to get pulled back into shopping George Souto, especially since I remember how bored my brother and I were while our Mom shopped at House of Fabrics, haha.

Dec 04, 2025 03:58 AM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

I guess we are divided between people who love to shop and those who don't care for it a bit Kathy Streib, haha.

Dec 04, 2025 03:59 AM
Elise Harron
Dirt Road Real Estate - Kingman, AZ
Rural Vacant Land and Development Specialist

Oh my goodness than you for the Laugh out loud moment.  Sometimes when others think we are LOST we are just in our BEST moments!!!!

Dec 04, 2025 09:05 AM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

I love to laugh out loud Elise Harron and if you follow my blog, you will learn that quickly, haha.  I am following you now and look forward to interacting and getting to know you a bit.

Dec 04, 2025 09:26 AM
Brenda J. Andrew
Aqua Terra Real Estate, LLC. - Willis, TX
Broker/REALTOR in N Houston & Corpus Christi

Hi Brian England This is so funny in an odd sort of way.  The thought you didn’t know or think you were lost, and in the meantime, your mom was probably hyperventilating.   ha ha!  I guess it is funny for me to think of this, thinking of the times my kids were “lost.”  ha ha!  It’s a great story, especially you looking down to see what you were wearing!

Dec 04, 2025 12:08 PM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

I am sure you might have possibly hyperventilated a bit when any of your kids were seemingly lost Brenda J. Andrew 

Dec 04, 2025 12:33 PM
Brian England

I could not even imagine truly losing a kid Brenda J. Andrew, especially with the instances of kids being kidnapped.  If I had a kid and I didn't know where they were or that they were safe, I am sure a bit of my heart would worry, haha.

Dec 06, 2025 04:48 AM
Brenda J. Andrew

I have!  It’s fun to be a mom.  I think I only really did once, when my son was lost at the beach.  After looking around, I noticed the kid I described looked like every child on the beach.  The waves were very strong that day.  Thankfully, he had just gone with the waves down the shoreline.  He didn’t realize he was lost either.  I guess that’s what some moms do.  

Dec 04, 2025 02:17 PM
Lew Corcoran
Better Living Real Estate, LLC - East Bridgewater, MA
Expert guidance. Exceptional results.

😄What a fun and thoughtful share, Brian England! Your story brought a smile and offered such a relatable glimpse into those little moments that shape us, and I’m grateful you took the time to put it out there. Thanks for giving us something both lighthearted and meaningful to carry forward!

Dec 04, 2025 12:48 PM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

That made my day Lew Corcoran since I love being able to put a smile on people's faces!

Dec 04, 2025 12:51 PM
Patricia Feager
Referral Specialist - DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Licensed to April 2027

Brian England - Yours was a delightful entry about your independence at a very young age! I'm sure you kept your mom on her toes! It's good to know you weren't a crybaby and that you enjoyed your freedom wondering around! You knew you weren't lost, and you even checked to make sure you were the right kid being announced on the loudspeaker! After checking what clothes, you were wearing, and proclaiming to the salesclerk that you weren't lost, that must have made the saleslady smile. That is very funny!

Dec 05, 2025 09:47 AM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

I have been told that I was a very curious and independent kid Patricia Feager which makes sense since I am still very curious and independent, haha.

Dec 05, 2025 12:33 PM
Dr. Paula McDonald
Beam & Branch Realty - Granbury, TX
Granbury, TX 936-203-0279

What a cute picture of you! Cute story as well. Glad you were found! :)

Dec 05, 2025 05:57 PM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

Thanks, Dr. Paula McDonald I was a cute kid, so I don't know what happened as I aged, haha.  They are both pictures of me in my youth, and you might remember that Sharon Tara created that business card for me, haha.

Dec 06, 2025 04:49 AM
Leanne Smith
Dirt Road Real Estate - Golden Valley, AZ
The Grit and Gratitude Agent

Great story and given children have no conceptual thinking, your response as a child was quite accurate. 

Dec 06, 2025 05:33 AM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

Knowing myself, Leanne Smith I can certainly picture myself as a young boy being perturbed that people thought I was lost, haha.

Dec 06, 2025 05:38 AM
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

This is funny and scary at the same time, Brian England 

Of course, you were not lost - you knew exactly where you were. Your Mom was lost. 

This might be why I see some parents who have their kids tethered to them. 

Dec 06, 2025 01:23 PM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

Since my Mom tells it as kind of a funny story Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist I guess she wasn't overly scared that I was actually lost, haha.  She says that we were both in the same store, even though I wandered off.  Also, perhaps things weren't as dangerous back in the late 70's as they are today, haha.

Dec 06, 2025 03:22 PM
Abby Stiller
TOP SELLING REALTY - Cape Coral, FL
SW Florida (239) 284-8637

Hi Brian England What a great childhood story! It’s amazing how moments like these stay with us through the memories our parents share. Loved the humor in your “aha moment”.. thank you for sharing it! 

Dec 08, 2025 11:36 AM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

You can always count on me for a bit of humor Abby Stiller, I love to laugh and make people laugh!

Dec 09, 2025 04:26 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Cute story. Of course you weren't lost. You knew exactly where you were! HaHa

Dec 09, 2025 08:29 AM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

Yes, I always seem to know where I am Sharon Tara but not always where I am going or should be going, haha.

Dec 09, 2025 09:31 AM