So funny...I have no idea why this came to mind today, BUT it's a good thing because I never thought of it as an "angel" moment. Maybe cause I have been feeling so "unalone" lately? Maybe "they" brought this to memory to say, "Always been around hon..." I know for sure that at about age five an angel actually saved my life. (Click here if you would like to hear that story...)
Anyway, here is the scoop:
Does anyone here remember Romper Room? Now I know they had many versions and many "Miss Nancies." But I am sure, being 51, I may have been a fan of the ORIGINAL "Miss Nancy." (Did anyone else wish she was your mother?)
Well, at the end she would pull out her "Magic Mirror," and say, "Romper, bomper, stomper boo..." and continue to say, "I see Jimmy, and Susan" etc. My sis, bro and I watched religiously everyday, hoping for our names to be called.
Bro was oldest, must have been at school this day. Me about 4, sis about 1. No parents in room. (the norm for us) "Miss Nancy" rips out the magic mirror and starts with the names. We sat there on the hardwood floor (those days it did NOT numb the cheeks...ha) and suddenly!? She says as she looked around OUR LIVINGROOM, 'Oh, and I see Julie and Yvonne...and I..." (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Can you imagine! The thrill! She saw us! Finally! SHE SAW US!!!
I probably ran into the room Mom was in only to be given a "Shoosh" or a "That's nice." I don't remember for sure exactly but I do remember for sure that I could not understand why she was not as thrilled.
When I got older, I don't know, pre-teen? I brought it up and asked if she sent in our names. I had an "aha moment" one day probably as my youngest sis was now watching a new "Miss Nancy." She very convincingly said no, and reassured me for sure when I pushed. Looking back now, I know for sure because we did not have that kind of mom or dad. I mean, we are talking 1960...snail mail? Or at the very least a phone call to get your kids name said? Nah...not my folk's "thang," believe me...
As of today, this goes into my "encounters with my angels" file. :-) How sweet of them huh?
Now fast forward to a few years later...maybe bro was about 8, me 6, lil' sis 3. Not so much into "Miss Nancy" anymore...we did a "One two three" and pulled our pants down and mooned her. *ha* Hey, I never said "I" was the angel.
***Stick with the vid if you can to about 1:04 where she does the mirror. They show it again, toward the end.***
OH LORDY! I just got validation! Guess how many VIEWS on youtube when I just grabbed it? 111!
4 comments:
Cute, you lil devil.
Yeah...I don't think the "mooning moment" was much of a shocker huh Diane? *ha*
Thank God on THAT day we didn't hear "Oh my, and there's Julie and Yvonne again...Oh, and Rudy too...Oh my." *ha* "Good times..."
on several occasions when I have visited your blog you trigger memories ... I am 54 so lived some of the same experiences...yes romper room...perhaps best to have forgotten those memories! Ha ha just today wrote about may crowning which I see you wrote about a year ago..linked to your site
Hi Teresa, :-)
Yup, we are close in age, so we grew up in the same "Olden Days." (I remember I was about...8 and my mom had a cousin, male, about 30 visiting from El Paso, TX. After he had been staying with us a few days, at a party, I asked him, "...were you alive in the Olden Days." He laughed his ass off, went around telling everyone...and never answered! I was so "infused" as my little 5 year old cousin used to say...)
Oh, back to the "present." The May Crowning! Did you love it as much as I did!? Such a special day...May such a special month. I remember feeling honored to have my birthday in May...JUST made it too! The last day!
Thanks for dropping some lines. :-)
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