cerebral hyperlink to... top 5 treasure! for (me!) sandra, tvgp
(me!): "so, where is the closest U.S. Bank to here?"my mom: "closest one is in Hayward"
(me!)" "Hayward?!" /because haven't I been so spoiled having one so close while I lived in Pleasanton. "They don't have a U.S. Bank in San Leandro?" /because don't they have multiple locations everywhere?
my mom: "and I can tell you how you'll know how to find it.. remember the bank you were in when it was robbed.."
(me!): "wells fargo.."
my mom: "that's the U.S. Bank now.."
(me!): "no way... ?!? that is one of the top 5 treasures on my blog...!" -was it wells fargo, or did sue~sue correct me? and I defaulted back to...? "well isn't that I-RON-ICK..." /alanis morissette voice here singing.."yes.. isn't that ironic, don't you think... a little too ironic, yes, I really do think.. well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on (me!).. and life has a funny way of helping (me!) out... "
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the reason the bank robbery post is in my top 5 list, and maybe #1, is because it exists -it was born, in the blogosphere -which is a living document vs. a printed one, which means it can be added to at will.. and after I captured my (faulty) memories.. sue-sue added hers!.. and a long time later, I re-encountered steve shaw (facebook inspired Hayward friends reunion), and he added his memories..
-fresh; raw; real.. relived/remembered many years after the traumatic event itself, and I had no idea about steve and joannes experience, and was grateful sue-sue's memory helped correct mine..
but there is every possibility, that this experience, these memories, could have just been -conversations- we briefly shared as we bumped into each other randomly over the years... conversations that disappear and evaporate into the atmosphere.. but what a gift! the blogosphere.. because there is also every possibility, that we would have only my version, in a printed book, and maybe sue-sue/steve would have shared theirs, as the conversations took place.. but their versions would have potentially disappeared/evaporated the way verbal conversations do.. and/or, you have to print an entirely new book with amendments..
but what a gift! the blogosphere! a living digital online platform, which allowed sue-sue to hop write on, and share her memories -now captured in writing
and steve.. much later, could just hop write on, and share his in writing!
-fresh; raw; real. -they are not ~writers; sue-sue or steve, and once you read their versions, what I trust and hope you can very clearly see.. is that if anyone were to edit even one word, make any corrections whatsoever..
that would be a crime of a different kind. that is another huge gift of the blogosphere! we can keep it real. and I much prefer we read, what would have been said/shared between us over a cup of coffee or a cold beer, than what we would read if we turned it in, and an editor got a hold of it.. in which case it would read/taste like common/cheap coffee, over filtered, and which I would want to spit out..
to read our very real, unedited, bank robbery memories: click write here
In Jesus has saved my life at least 25 different times, name... amen!
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