I hated the weekly vocabulary words followed with the Friday vocab test.
So today’s Chalkboard has a vocab word. Ephemeral- adjective
lasting for a very short time.
No I’m not going where you think I’m going!
The memories of all the first times we did something are usually the fondest.
First tee ball game, first day of school, first Sox game, first Bears game, first kiss, first sip of booze, first time you drove a car.
But what I take from today’s quote would be the last time we did something.
Sometimes those happen so quickly we don’t realize it will be the last time it happens.
The last time our parents carried us. The last time they kissed us good night and tucked us in.
The last time you met the neighborhood kids at the park and played a pick up game.
The last time you listened to the Pacer game on WIBC at Gramma’s house.
The last sporting event when you were younger than the players. At The Chicago Stadium, Old Comiskey, Soldiers Field before they put the toilet in it!
Time is fleeting with every night we turn off the lights.
Was this the last Valentine I spend alone?
Was that the last snowfall for the winter?
Was that the last time I go to the Sears Tower?
Was that my last Jazzfest or Mardi Gras in New Orleans?
Was that the last time I’ll go to the Christkindle Market at Daley Plaza?
It’s easy to remember our first times, but maybe It’s time to do things thinking that it might be the last time!
I sure as hell remember that last vocab test!
Truculent
Gregarious
Anomaly
cacophony
Malinger
Insidious
Ostentatious
I can remember a vocabulary test from April of 1984, but I can’t remember holding my mommy’s hand for the last time. I can’t remember the last time my dad held his handkerchief on my nose and yelled “blow!”
Today is February 15th of 2022. It’s the first and only February 15th, 2022 that we get!
Learn a new vocabulary word today and have a slice of pizza!
