I had this conversation with Abby yesterday.
"Dad, I heard the Holy Ghost today".
"Really, what did you hear?"
"I was walking down the stairs at school, and I heard it say 'Hold on to the rail', so I did. I slipped a little while later, and caught myself because I was holding on".
"That's awesome Abby, I'm so glad that happened to you."
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Where music can take you...
I'm watching the girls play Lego Star Wars. They're great at it, but that's not the point. The intro music to it...the theme from Star Wars...has a way of taking me to a different time and place. When Star Wars came out, I was just a kid, but I remember vividly some of the hype around Star Wars. One memory was walking into Meijers after my mom had shown me an ad that they had all of the Star Wars figures there. So we went to check it out, and what a sight!
There across an entire aisle were legions of Star Wars figures. I don't know that there were a ton of selection, but there were a lot of figures. Like usual, they had a million Chewbacca and C3PO, but none of what I and the other kids wanted - Luke Skywalker! Fortunately, as a kid I learned how to skim the aisles for the figures I wanted. It involves a hand move where I reach for the back of the row, and let the figures fall across my hands. I can see every single one, and know if there's something good at the back.
Anywho, I found a Luke Skywalker figure and wanted it...oh, how I wanted it. But alas, there was no money to be had. So I stole it. I pulled that figure out of his wrapper and put him in my pocket. But at the check out I felt so bad for it that I put the figure where they keep the bags. I said to the guy checking us out "I found this figure". He said, "why don't you keep it".
Not exactly the kind of talk you'd hear in General Conference, but still something I think about when I hear that Star Wars music : )
One more memory...me sitting in our crap dining room when I was just little, listening to the Star Wars soundtrack over and over again on an old record player. I loved that music (still do) and remember vividly listening to it as a kid and being totally mesmerized by it.
OK, gotta go...Abby needs my help fighting some Stormtroopers! May the Force be with you!
There across an entire aisle were legions of Star Wars figures. I don't know that there were a ton of selection, but there were a lot of figures. Like usual, they had a million Chewbacca and C3PO, but none of what I and the other kids wanted - Luke Skywalker! Fortunately, as a kid I learned how to skim the aisles for the figures I wanted. It involves a hand move where I reach for the back of the row, and let the figures fall across my hands. I can see every single one, and know if there's something good at the back.
Anywho, I found a Luke Skywalker figure and wanted it...oh, how I wanted it. But alas, there was no money to be had. So I stole it. I pulled that figure out of his wrapper and put him in my pocket. But at the check out I felt so bad for it that I put the figure where they keep the bags. I said to the guy checking us out "I found this figure". He said, "why don't you keep it".
Not exactly the kind of talk you'd hear in General Conference, but still something I think about when I hear that Star Wars music : )
One more memory...me sitting in our crap dining room when I was just little, listening to the Star Wars soundtrack over and over again on an old record player. I loved that music (still do) and remember vividly listening to it as a kid and being totally mesmerized by it.
OK, gotta go...Abby needs my help fighting some Stormtroopers! May the Force be with you!
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