The First Movie........part 1

I've felt a bit melancholy since Sunday, when I spent the afternoon and early evening with Eddy and Kim. We always have such a good time when we are together. We are able to reminisce about our youth, exchanging favorite and often forgotten stories with one another. Most are incredibly fun to relive and some bittersweet, while others are sad. Regardless, the common thread is always there, lying just beneath the surface that incredible bond that siblings share from the moment of birth.

Together, we are able to conjure up the same old belly laughs that we used to and in retrospect with many years of life experience now behind us, a few new ones as well. It seems that the time together goes by so fast and soon we are separated once again by life's demands. All too soon our evening together is just another moment archived into our memory banks to be revisited at a later time when the notion strikes us.

Eddy has many positive attributes, one being an excellent memory. He can remember things that Kim and I would never think about. But once he starts throwing things at us, we soon join in contributing little bits and pieces of warm summer days and evenings, past holidays like Christmas, Halloween, Easter and birthdays that we shared.

Another admirable characteristic that Eddy owns, is his ability to sing word for word any TV show song that you can think of from the late 50's through the 70's, from Rawhide to Gilligan's Island - he knows them all. He often serenades us with one (he has a great voice to boot) and sometimes will incorporate his own comedic lyrics. Soon, he has Kim and I rolling on the floor in laughter with tears streaming down our cheeks.

While on our way to dinner Sunday evening, I asked Eddy if he remembered the very first movie he and I had gone to as kids without Mom and Dad. Kim was still too young to go - she's nearly four years younger than me and almost 2 years younger than Eddy. He remembered going, but interestingly enough this time I got to remind him about some of the details. I remember it as if it were yesterday……………..