Jamie A.K.A. Poetry Boy misses everyone very much

Ask questions that allow me to get to know my fellow 43Ters better (and play along myself) (read all 8 entries…)
Questions 1 and 2 11 months ago

First two questions:
1. Have you ever made one of somebody’s dreams come true?
2. Has anybody ever made one of your dreams come true?

I don’t mean serious, but wonderful, things like marriage or degrees or stuff like that. I mean more frivilous types of dreams.

Me:
1. Yes. A girl I dated loved Garth Brooks and told me one of her dreams was to see him in concert. About 3 months into our relationship, tickets to see him went on sale. I braved the line and got us great seats. The concert was amazing. We both had a wonderful time. After the conert was over and I took her home, I told her “I hope I get the chance to make some more of your dreams come true.” I didn’t. She dumped me 2 weeks later for some other guy. I am still glad I got the chance to do this, though. No matter how she tries, she won’t be able to forget me.

2. Yes, two years ago my best friend’s wife, who I also think the world of, met the owner of Nashville’s AAA baseball team. I am a huge baseball fan, and I have always wanted to throw out the first pitch at a professional game. She arranged for me to do just that and managed to keep it a surprise until we got to the stadium. They announced my name when I went out. They even listed me on the official roster for that game. I got up there on the mound just like I’d always dreamed of, and I threw a strike. Everybody cheered for me. I still have the ball on my desk at work. It remains the nicest thing anybody has ever done for me.



Comments:

thank you jamie,

you have just reminded me of two very beautiful moments …

creating a dream
my kiwi girlfriend was getting married but her family couldnt get over to sydney for the wedding. so i flew her and hubby-to-be out to nz where they had an impromptu wedding in whangarei with her family .. she even got to wear her moms beautiful vintage wedding dress and looked fabulous, then they came back home to sydney and did it all over again for us .. she was radiant when she got back.

experiencing a dream
once, i received an invitation to go on a ‘shell picking extravaganza’ from my man .. i lived in broome at the time and he lived in port hedland .. 600kms south, so r&r breaks were special times!

we drove along eighty mile beach for three days of beach-combing, camping, playing, drinking, dancing, swimming, skinny dipping .. there was a full moon so i even got to pick shells by moonlight .. just the two of us the whole time, total heaven and definitely a dream come true.

Jamie A.K.A. Poetry Boy misses everyone very much

Those stories

are indeed beautiful. I’ve never had the chance to visit Australia or New Zealand (though I’ve always wanted to, but I can picture it from your stories.

The story of shellpicking by moonlight sounds utterly magical.

given the chance

to be anywhere in the world
i would choose the beach
to walk upon wet sand, with the wind my hair
and the sound of the ocean crashing in
all the more magical
if im picking shells by moonlight

i hope that you make it downunder one day!

Jamie A.K.A. Poetry Boy misses everyone very much

I hope so, too

My 17 year old cousin got to go to Australia about 2 years ago. She went all over the country and even spent three days living with a family in the Outback. She loved her trip except while she was in the Outback, she discovered that she is deathly allergic to kangaroo dander. They even had to airlift her to a hospital. I guess they don’t check for that allergy here in the States.

wowee

thats not an allergy you’d want in the middle of the outback!

she got the bonus ‘flying doctor’ experience tho, sure to provide her with a few good travel stories at least :o)


 

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