Fri 8 Dec 2006
Yesterday after work I was cleaning the downstairs rooms in my house (cuz I’m lazy, that’s why I did the house in halves), and walked by the kitchen. Something misplaced caught my eye. A photo of me and Grace with our arms around each other in high school was sitting on the counter next to the refrigerator.
This photo WAS on a French ribbon bulletin board that’s magnetically attached to my fridge. Grace had given me the bulletin board for a birthday or Christmas gift one year. On it now are some Happy Bunny stickers, a postcard childhood friend Karen had sent me (I think from Italy), many photos of me with my parents, me with other friends. Of all the doodads, many many photos and stuff on that bulletin board, the one of me and Grace had removed itself from the board, turned the corner, and laid itself neatly facing me on the countertop. I’m gonna take it as her acknowledgement of the recent post I wrote about her. If I had to list all the visitations I had from her already I’d scare some people. 🙂
I remember something similar like 8-9 months ago… I can’t recall exactly. I think it was also in your kitchen.. like in a cabinet or drawer or something. AND… that week you had been blogging about her too.
really? I don’t remember that. maybe I can do a search on my site.
yes yes.. remember… something you found in the kitchen.. you were going to throw something away and it fell out. I think. It was something like that.
It’s been at least 6-8 months.
I just looked through all my archives under the search word “grace,” and there was no mention of this event. 🙁 I want to remember.
Let me jiggle your brain. I think it may have been a trader joe bag.. or grocery bag under your sink. You were going to throw it out and something fell out of it (something from Grace) Maybe a receipt??. She bought you something and sent it to you.. think think think. I’m quite sure I’m remembering this correctly.
I just went through your archives too.. I don’t see anything. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t in one of our emails or IMs.
All I remember is that you were going to throw something away from your kitchen (I think).. and I think it was a few grocery bags.. shopping bags… and inside one of the bags was a receipt or something from Grace…I believe it had fallen on the floor? At that moment, you took that as Grace contacting you… we talked about it for awhile.
Erghh… was it in an email then??
OH!! YOU’RE RIGHT!! I put in the search word “receipt” and it came up! It was http://cindy.ocliw.com/?p=616
I wonder why it didn’t come up under search word “grace”? You have a great memory! Who needs a search filter when you have a Jordan?!
I just clicked on your link and re-read it.. I KNEW it had something to do with liquor but couldn’t figure out what. I wonder why it didn’t pop up either because “Grace” is typed many times in that post.
But did you remember that before you found the post? Or did the word “receipt” help?
I remembered most of it but not the details. I remembered there was something I placed in the blotter at work, so if “receipt” wasn’t it (which I got from your comment), then I was gonna put it “blotter” next. Your time frame, by the way, was amazingly accurate at 8-9 months.
and to think… I don’t even have the brain today. I need it tomorrow though. 12 hours with post partum mothers and newborns. Please send by 6:45 am.
Hey, it says there are 2 peeps on right now! I know who they are! You and me! Maybe I do have the brain. I can add one and one!
What are we going to do when we’re in the same place at the same time? Will you send me intelligent things to say by osmosis?
If we’re in the same place, why couldn’t we stand next to each other and both use it? I mean, I know it’ll look gross to onlookers cuz it’s not gonna be fully inside either of our heads, but I think they’ll prefer that to stupid comments.
Aww! That is so sweet that she hangs around and lets you know that she thinking about you. I feel all warm and fuzzy inside right now! Send you an internet hug ~X~
aww! thanks!