In Retrospect!

I have been overwhelmed of late with nostalgia - the memories from my past have been pouring through my head like there is no tomorrow! It's the weirdest thing - when it's time for change it is like every little brain cell in my head starts grasping something from the past! In the last few days some of my most awesome memories....which are completely arb to everyone else I guess...but see if you can spot yourself here!
1) As a young girl of around 7 being collected by an aunt - who in retrospect was clearly not too happy in her relationship ...she would play a cassette - Please Release Me (let me go) and old Dolly Parton singing D.I.V.O.R.C.E - the tears would flow and she would pull over to the side of the road while the tears poured and she pushed away at the rewind button trying to find the song's beginning again (do you remember that...rewinding too far back and then fast forwarding too far forward - those were frustrating times!) I have always loved those 2 songs, I guess some people may have been put off by this - however coming from a rather 'emotionless' home - this overwhelming emotion filled me with so much passion! It was wonderful seeing someone feel so much! You are an amazing woman and I wish I got to spend more time with you!
2) Then I have some visions of a bicycle accident I had - oh my word! The visions I wish you could see them! Well 1 of my friends - it must have been a scary site to see your friend become airborne as she flies down the hill on a bike that doesn't even belong to her and hearing the thud, only to see me with handle bars around my neck and red tanga panty for all to view while the school dress is nowhere near where it should be! In retrospect you should not lend a bicycle when you aren't too good at riding!
3) The introduction to my best friend at age 12 - a watermelon fight in their home during lunch - wow I was blown away, my jaw hung open and knew I had found people I would love forever from that very moment! You have made me laugh and made me cry, but the one thing I know for sure - no matter how different our lives are and how different we do things, you always have my back! I love that nothing shocks you - that I could tell you my deepest darkest secret and you wouldn't be shocked at all! We have partied, we have lived together, we have fought and found our way back! Thank you for being you - I love you always!
4) Being 14 and feeling like I had found the love of my life! I wonder if you realise how much you did for my self confidence - how special you made me feel, how I could talk to you for hours and hours and still feel like we had so much to say! You were such a special part of my life! In retrospect I should have treated you better - for what it's worth, a part of me will always love you!
5) Pump up the Jam by Technotronix, Cheese, Piccalli and provitas - In retrospect if I had kept eating those and dancing like that I would still be thin :) You are a wonderful woman and I am happy to still have you in my life!
6) Ham, Cheese and Mayo samis, renting 7 videos and I would fall asleep in the first one - you would watch 3 or 4 and tell me what I had missed in the morning, car accident, broken down cars, Shunters - the memories are abundant! You, you are a wonderful friend, we have lived together and had the most amazing jols together! So happy you are still in my life.
7) Beach parties, Mokador and milk, leaking cars, flat tyres that we drove all night on...it started there and it is now a beautiful friendship built on support and trust! In retrospect we should have drank less...but we couldn't have lived more! The memories are abundant - a wonderful woman, an awesome mom and the most caring friend! I love you Orphan Annie!
8) Black bags covering our clothes in the rain, running to Bugzy's, hiding rain attire - partying like there is no tomorrow! Broken heels, lost shoes, plumbers vans, potpourri bowels, baking potato salad after too much alcohol, coinage at midday, Hot Shots, hectic jols at The Station, phoning you when it felt like my life was falling apart, having you help me piece it back together - you are a friend in a million, in retrospect we did everything and more that we could and we have memories forever...thankfully you are still such a special part of my life and we keep making memories, albeit with a lot less alcohol! Ching ching to the 4 Cousins! Love you girl - more than you know!
9) Short dark hair meets long blonde hair at Grosvenor Boys aged 13! Bluff drive Inn, Sean McMaster - it starts there and it doesn't end - thankfully we find our way back to each other no matter how long we are apart! Kicking dustbins, Ansteys groupies - kids birthdays! You are an amazing woman, so driven! The ever optimist! In retrospect, if you had not have represented the Head Girl way back then we may not have met and that would not be good!
10) To driving lessons and patience I have never known anyone to have! Persistence is! To driving my car because I couldn't ...Oprah the puppy, watery eyes, modeling, Tex bars and white rouge dresses! Beach buggies, wall prints, sleep overs and giggles! Probably the most honest friend I have - love you crazy chick!

And so my mind has been going, pulling out all these little pieces of info - this is really just bits of it, each one mentioned in no particular order - in retrospect we had awesome times, made awesome memories and I am so blessed to have each of you in my life!