Memories are like moonbeams- we do with them what we like

I love memories. i love unintentional memories the most. It's never the obvious that remind me of the things i miss deeply. It's not the sweatshirt that i wear at least once a week that reminds me of things that might have turned out differently but the Olive Garden and the Simpsons.Why is it that after a relationship is over the craziest things can trigger your memory.. for instance i can no longer look at Spinach the same. it use to be gross but now it looks kind of sad and under appreciated. Or the fact that a specific laundry detergent nearly brings tears to my eyes. it's true. lol. when i'm driving down a long highway and the stars are out it reminds me of sitting in the back seat of whatever crappy car my dad was driving at the time. Sammi and i would be in the back exhausted from a softball game or a trip to grandmas and i'd press my face to the window and lean as far as i could to see the stars. This continued the entire way home or until i fell asleep which ever happened first. I would look at those bright shining lights and just dream. all sorts of things... but mostly about aliens.In the spring time my mom would open the doors and all the windows in the house then she would put her Michael Bolton or Robert Palmer album in and clean the house with pinesol, my personal favorite, making the house smell as sunshiny fresh as it was outside. I remember the day i got my braces off. not neccessarily because i'd worn them for almost 4 years but because i was trying to impress somebody and ended up having a horrible (by horrible i mean... it was hilarious after the fact) go-cart accident.. suddenly getting my braces off that day didn't seem like such a big accomplishment in light of the fact that i racked myself so bad i could barely walk. lol. It's not the diamond ring that makes me remember my first serious relationship but rather john wayne card board cut-outs and hamburger helper. and looking at the clock reminds me that i've been here for 11 hours...that one was an obvious correlation. i'm out!Amanda