Memorials...
Welcome to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4.
We celebrated Memorial Day on Monday... let's talk about memorials and memories.
1. Do you find memories comforting or troubling? Depends on the memory. While at the park with my family on Memorial Day, a song on the radio started playing. "Sabor a Mi." remind me of my parents. They played this song when they were teaching us to dance. We all danced to this at out weddings. It makes me think of them and I get sad because I miss them. But it also makes me think of our weddings and our kid's weddings. The funny thing is that we all grew up speaking English. We didn't understand most of what was being said. But we loved the music. I can still hear my mom singing it to my dad as they danced. Sabor a Mi can be translated a taste of me. A love with someone so strong, it lingers in your heart. We didn't really appreciate our heritage until we were all married in the 80's. We all went to see Linda Ronstadt when she performed Canciones de Mis Padres. So, see how one song can trigger special memories. Sadly, it doesn't mean anything to our grands. Maybe we need to teach our grands to slow dance to this song.
2. Have you set up a memorial for a loved one or friend? I have set up a few special things of my loved ones in my room during my grieving process. We set up memory tables at our parent's services. I also did the video montages for their services. My brother added the music. I was able to show my dad his montage while he was dying. He was happy he could tell us what he wanted.
3. What songs bring back good memories for you? Lots of them! When I hear military songs, I think of my dad. He had this one album that he played around 1960. We would march around the room while it played. My dad was very patriotic. My brother got his flag at his funeral and has it displayed at his home.
4. Have you visited Civil War or Revolutionary War sites? No, but we have been to Pearl Habor and the Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii. Pearl Harbor honors those that died while serving at Pearl Harbor. Survivors can be buried there too. We met a survivor in 2009 and 2012.
2012, Pearl Harbor Survivor
