It is Halloween again! When I was in high school, I remember going to a big Mountain View vs. Westwood game on Halloween. On the way home, my dad played a song by Barry Manilow. "When October Goes" has since become a Jackson family tradition. We listen to it every Halloween after everyone is home from their festivities.
You can listen to the song here, but if not, you can read these lyrics:
And when October goes
The snow begins to fly
Above the smokey roofs
I watch the planes go by
The children running home
Beneath a twilight sky
Oh, for the fun of them
When I was one of them
And when October goes
The same old dream appears
And you are in my arms
To share the happy years
I turn my head away
To hide the helpless tears
Oh how I hate to see October go
I should be over it now I know
It doesn't matter much
How old I grow
I hate to see October go
When I was in China, my dad called me and after I answered I heard this song being played. It was so special to me that my dad timed the call so that my Halloween would be ending, even though theirs was just beginning.
I am just beginning to understand the lyrics to this song, but I know that with each year I live I will appreciate them more and more.
Here is a Halloween a long time ago, when I was in kindergarten. Ciara and Hank are pictured too.
Time goes on. And here I am this Halloween with my mom.
I hope you've had a great Halloween! I am excited to enjoy the rest of the holidays approaching. I am also anxious to see what the rest of my future holds.
You know what's amazing...is that both Ciara and Hank are now on missions, and you're about to graduate from college. I look at that picture, and it amazes me that I remember that time so well, it honestly, wasn't that long ago...at least for me and dad. I'm glad dad started that tradition of the song...and I'm glad all of you kids like it too. Dad and I still feel like we're young new parents...but in reality, we've got these grown up kids, who have some great futures ahead. Love this.
ReplyDeleteI very vividly remember that football game because someone behind us got orange paint all over me and Rachael.
ReplyDeleteYay for traditions. That's really awesome of your dad to make that phone call to China for you.
You look so adorable!
ReplyDeleteI agree that the library looks like it is out of Beauty and the Beast. It was incredible. I wish I could have sat there and read a book for hours. They had huge windows overlooking the lake. It was amazing.