The Past

I often listen to WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback show, hosted by my friend Wendy Rice. Today was 1980. As I listened to The Pretenders and The Talking Heads, I wished I could go back in my mind--not to be again how old I was in 1980, but to know myself in my mid-20's. What was I like?

Back then, I know I loved to read; I always have. I didn't play tennis yet and I didn't have kids. I had moved or was about to move to Austin, Texas with my love interest (now husband of 20+ years.)

I did have an interest in pet birds, I remember that. We socialized a lot. I studied Aikido. We bought a house. I know the facts, but what was going on in my head? What did I think about the future? What did I wish for? Maybe I can dig up a journal from back then--I know I kept one in college off and on, but I don't recall doing it then.

Flashbacks would be such an insight. Maybe not fun, but what a world of learning to be had.