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March 31, 2006 at 8:07 a.m.
Everyone has one of those stories.
Jared's parents were so poor when they got married - and had him within the first year of marriage - and they slept in a twin bed with infant Jared in an apartment above a garage.
My friend Susan - now 62 - taught ballet classes out of her and her husband's garage when they married to support them while they were young.
Heartening sories - so sweet, so touching. Lots of adults have these heart warming stoies that make you smile but then there comes a time when you realize you are now married - when are you due for a story like this? Everyone has a story - are YOU too good for a story?
I'm realizing I'm not. Three months pregnant and Jared got laid off yesterday.
I reacted as best as I could. I cried a bit and then was just in a daze for the rest of the day. I knew things were going too smoothly - something was around the corner.
We're not destitute by any means - we have savings, I have an income and Jared has lots of leads and friends. He's confident things will be okay soon enough, and I want to believe him.
But there's always a chance that things could turn the corner for the bad and we could have a doozie of a story on our hands.
Does everyone have to a story?
We have health insurance until August - the baby is due in October, but Jared's not worried about getting a new job with benefits by then. Just me. This is the kind of thing grown ups have happen to them. I don't feel like one yet.
Ak.
I'm listening to a recording of my brother's junior recital. He had it Wednesday and my family got to be there - not me, but dad recorded it and posted it on the internet.
It amazes me - this guy can play. He can pay the violin like I never could - my younger bro. I love him so much and hearing him play - it's an insane feeling. He's playing the Tchaikovsky violin concerto... good gravy. I could never/will never be able to play it. Is there a bittersweet feeling there? There can't be, as much as I wish I could be selfish and think about me, I can't. He's the nicest person anyone would ever meet and it comes out in his playing.
Yo Yo Ma once said that you can't hide your personanlity in our playing - if you are selfish, it comes out. It's true - there's people who play just to hear themselves and it's so boring. Dallin (the wonderbrother) doesn't play for the audience or himself - he plays for the music.
I love the wonder of techology and being able to hear this. I miss him - a lot. He's one incredible brother. and musician.
Well, now he's done playing and I'm off to drown my sorrows in the eliptical machine. If I gotta have a story, might as well look good doing it.
SUPERCRACK.