XOXOXOXOXO...AMY...XOXOXOXOXO
ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS
G...R...O...O...V...Y
L...A...D...I...E...S
A...N...D
G...E...N...T...S
IT'S 1970'S REWIND WEEK
AT ANGELA'S
STOP BY AND VISIT THE
CHARMING, FUN, AND TALENTED
HOSTESS OF THIS FUN EVENT.
WE ARE SISTER'S IN THE
BLOGGERETTE SORORITY.
IT IS NOT TOOOOO LATE TO
JOIN THE SORORITY.
JUST CLICK THE SORORITY
BUTTON ON THE RIGHT HAND
SIDE OF MY BLOG OR
KAREN, THE CREATOR AT
WHILE THERE, ENTER HER
AWESOME GIVE AWAY
THE 1970'S WERE VERY SPECIAL TO ME.
IN SOME WAYS IT WAS THE MOST MAGICAL
TIME OF MY LIFE.
IN OTHER WAYS IT WAS A HORRIBLE
TIME.
DRUGS, ESPECIALLY LSD, WERE RAMPANT
AND THE VIET NAM WAR RAGED ON.
I LEARN A LOT ABOUT EVERY PROJECT
I HAVE STARTED CREATING.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO CREATE
THE FACE OF A PERSON WHO WAS LOOKING
BACK ON THE 1970'S.
THE BLUE CLOAK IS THE SYMBOL OF THE
WARMTH I FELT DURING THAT TIME FROM
BEING IN LOVE WITH RICHARD AND LIFE.
THE PEACOCK FEATHER REPRESENTS
FEELING PROUD THAT I STAYED CLOSE TO
GOD AND THE BLACK HAT....THE SUPERVISION
OF A STERN FATHER AND THE ROSE FOR
A NURTURING MOTHER AND A SISTER
WHO ALLOWED ME TO CRAWL INTO HER
BED, WHEN I WAS AFRAID AT NIGHT.
SILLY ISN'T IT....WOULD ANY ONE HAVE GOTTEN
FROM MY DRAWING WHAT I INTENDED. ART
SAYS A LOT. I LOVE TO LOOK AT ART AND
STUDY WHAT THE ARTIST MIGHT HAVE BEEN
SAYING.
I AM A DEEP WELL THAT FLOWS TO THE
THRONE ROOM OF GOD.
NOW FOR MY 1970 STORY:
MY MR. SIMPLY AND I STARTED
HIGH SCHOOL IN 1970 AND WE
GRADUATED IN MAY 1973.
EVERY SPRING FOR THE GRADUATING
SENIORS WE HAD MAY FETE. THE
GRADUATING SENIORS DRESSED IN GOWN
AND SUITS WALKED ACROSS
THE BRIDGE OF OUR LOCAL PARK SYMBOLIZING
OUR NEW FUTURE.
THE SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR GIRLS WOUND
THE MAY POLE. WE WORE BEAUTIFUL GOWNS
AND WOULD WEAVE IN AND OUT AND TO
THE CENTER WINDING THE MAYPOLE WITH
BEAUTIFUL SOFT COLORS OF CREPE PAPER.
IT WAS NOT AS EASY AS IT LOOKED BUT IT
WAS MAGICAL TO ME, LIKE A FAIRY TALE.
THE BEATLES WERE SO POPULAR AND
"BREAD" WAS A BIG NAME BAND.
MONOPOLY AND ATARI WAS
DISCOVERED. REMEMBER HITTING THAT
WHITE BALL BACK AND FORTH
ACROSS THAT GRAY SCREEN....PING....PING
GASOLINE WAS TWENTY FIVE CENTS A
GALLON....25CENTS A GALLON.......
JUST THE OTHER DAY WE PAID
$2.68 A GALLON.
AFROS AND STRAIGHT HAIR. WE ROLLED OUR
LONG HAIR ON ORANGE JUICE CANS.
WHITE LIPSTICK, PINK AND ORANGE
AND BRIGHT BLUE AND GREEN
EYE SHADOW. GREEN WAS MY FAVORITE.
IT IS ILLEGAL FOR TEENAGERS TO SMOKE NOW
BUT IN 1973 IT WAS OVERLOOKED AS STUDENTS
WENT OUT TO THE SIDE STREET OR THEIR CAR
TO SMOKE BETWEEN CLASSES. MAGAZINES
AND TV COMMERCIALS COULD ADVERTISE
CIGARETTES.
YOU COULD HAVE PRAYER AT THE FLAG POLE
AND BIBLE WAS ACTUALLY A CLASS THAT WAS
TAUGHT...THE DIFFERENCE NOW...NO BIBLE...
TEACHERS ARE IN FEAR OF EVEN QUOTING
THE BIBLE AND YOU CAN'T EVEN PRAY BEFORE
A FOOTBALL GAME.
THE DRAFT WAS ENDED IN 1973.
A NEW BORN BABY WAS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE
A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AT BIRTH....
IT WAS RESERVED FOR YOUR FIRST JOB....I
REMEMBER MY MOTHER TAKING ME TO
OBTAIN MINE AND HOW EXCITED I WAS.
MY MR. SIMPLY AND I WERE MARRIED
ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1973.
OUR BEAUTIFUL AMY WAS BORN
7/6/76
AND OUR HANDSOME SON
RICHIE WAS BORN IN 1983...........
THE '80'S.........ANOTHER TIME.
I LOVE YOU RICHIE BOY.
THANKS FOR READING MOTHER'S
BLOG. I WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR
CHEERLEADER AND I AM SOOOOO
VERY PROUD OF YOU.
OUR SON RICHIE GRADUATED FROM
THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL WE DID. HE
WALKED THE HALLS WE WALKED AND HE
HAD A FUN TIME WITH HIS FRIENDS
LOOKING AT OUR PICTURES HANGING IN
THE HALLS OF OLE ENID HIGH.
15 comments:
Wonderfully written - and love the art! All your words bring sooooooo many memories! Happy to have you joining our traveling postcard!
dana
OH DEBBIE I JUST LOVED THIS BLOG.
YOU AND I MUST BE NEAR THE SAME AGE BECAUSE I REMEMBERED A LOT OF THOSE THINGS MYSELF. MOST OF THEM.
I ALSO LOVED SEEING A PICTURE OF YOU AND THE LOVE OF YOUR LIVE!
HOW SWEET.
HE LOOKED A LITTLE NERVOUS AND YOU LOOKED SO HAPPY.
LOVE,
SANDIE
Although I'm a just a few years older than you I so remember those days - especially using orange juice cans (or lemonade cans) as rollers. Our daughter was born just a couple of weeks before you were married. Wonderful memories.
Woohoo girl, this was a great post! Ya can bet your sweet bippie on that.
God bless and have a super great day. Now sock it to me...sock it to me...sock it to me...
Miss D....
I love your bloggie and I LVOED seeing the faces of a very young YOU and Mr. R! Sweet days gone way too soon. Huh?
Thinking of you with a big smile. I met you a year ago this month.
Love to you~
Rebecca
PS: I'm mixing things up on my bloggie and want to add your link. Which one do I use??? I'm soo computer stupid! :(
Love to you~
Rebecca
DEBBIE WHAT A WONDERFUL POST, IT IS SO INTERESTING, AND SO WELL WRITTEN. YOU GAVE SO MUCH INFO, AND A LOT OF IT CAME FROM YOUR HEART, I REALLY ENJOYED YOUR POST VERY MUCH.
RIZZI
What a cute couple. I like your symbolic gentleman. I bet doing that fostered a whole bevy of memories.
Doesn't time go by faster once out of school!
Oh Debbie you were (and are) so lovely! What a groovy-lookin' chick!!!
Something funny from my high school - the teachers SMOKED IN THE ROOMS. Yep. My my, times have changed!!!
Thank YOU for participating Debbie! I am so happy I've met you through the Sorority and hope to continue to get to know each other better!
Angela
Girl you two were just too cute. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Hugs, Mollye
what a very fun post to read thru...and I love your pictures....and they look just liek the two I met along the highway the other day....
What a great post and I really enjoyed seeing the pictures of you and your love....
Happy Pink Saturday!
Jil
My husband graduated in the 70's and was from a really small school. They're doing a reunion with anyone who graduated from 1970 to 1979. Fun pictures! Happy PS!
What a post! You are both adorable, sugar. Isn't growing up with your best friend wonderful. Love Bunny and I are so thankful to have each other all these years it just boggles my mind, chick.
xoxo,
Connie
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