rI remember when

Hello all,

A friend of mine was sharing some memories and I felt like sharing some of the things I remember .

i remember when my former best friend Mike saved my life , one night I had gotten into a really bad fight with my dad (one of many befor he got help) and he said some really mean things to me and it got me very very depressed – I left my house and went over to my friend Mikes house and asked him where I could get some heroine  the first thing he did was ask me why I wanted it cause we only smoked pot and it was unusual for me to want anything more powerful – I told him about the fight with my dad and that I wanted to overdose so I could go out of this world happy and he said no fucking way and I replyed fine I will go ask someone else – as I turned around to leave he punched me and knocked me down then he got me up and made me sit in a chair and wouldn’t let me leave and kept talking to me till I calmed down – he knew as I did after that if he let me leave I would have ended up dead – we had alot of fun times together and he called me the little brother he never had cause he was an only child (we were only 1 year and 1 day apart) and he was closer to me than my own older brother ever was but we had a falling out when he got into drugs really bad and we haven’t spoke in over 10 years – it bothers me because we knew each other since we were 9 and 10 and we stopped talking when I was 26 but I know we will never have the friendship we once had .

I remember when my dad and I became closer as father and son , my dad was an alcaholic and had problems with depression – he would be meant to us kids and my mom and there were times when my mom would push him to the limits cause she worked 2 jobs and took stuff out on him but it got too much and she made him leave for awhile , when they were split up my dad would come over to our house and we would watch tv  and go out and do stuff together – we would go bike riding and go to lunch and we would go over to a place called castle island and watch ships come into Boston harbor it was nice for us because we had a really strained relationship and when he wasn’t living with us he was less stressed , he also was driving a cab(he got the job while he was living in a rooming house) and I would ride with him somtimes it was fun also – when my dad lost his job my mom asked him to come back home but the courts made him get help and in turn he made me get help also (one of the best things he did for me )over the next few years we had some arguments but we were alot closer and I was able to help him understand that he had to get away from my mom when she was in her bad moods – it was really good for us and I wish he was still here  in my life but he passed away in 03 and I miss him so much.

I remember when my wife and I first met , we were so shy but our friend Jen got us talking and we started dating shortly after , we went out on our first date with Jen and her bf and we went to the movies and saw Titanic it was nice and after my girl kissed mefor the first time  in the backseat of Jens car , we went to a park and we talked for hours that was nice too – we wnet out alot to movies bowling and dinner and 6 months later I asked her to marry me one night on her mom and dads boat(we were staying with them over the weekend)and she said yes – it was one of the happiest days of my life – afew months later I went and bought her an engagment ring and asked her ofically and she said yes and we got married a year later  – we got married on a day in august and have been married going on 9 years this month . , we have had some ups and downs in our relationship but we always have managed to get through them and stay together .

these are afew of the memories I have and I will share more later !!

rol