It rained yesterday and I
thought how much I like rain. I like when it mists and when it thunders. So long
as I don’t have to drive I am good. I will walk in the rain, play in the rain;
but I don’t like driving in the rain. I have lots of memories of wonderful
things I have done in the rain. I think of them on days like this.
I remember this one
birthday my girlfriend had. She was turning twenty-something … an early twenty
number I can’t remember. A bunch of us, all friends, decided to take her to the
city (Manhattan) for a birthday lunch. I can’t remember where we ate; but I
remember how much fun we had. This was back in the early eighties when going to
the city was a big deal. It meant getting dressed in a nice outfit and being on
your best behavior. It was such a special occasion; we ordered drinks with our
meal. I think we each had two and came away from the restaurant a little tipsy.
When we left it was
still early; the sun was just beginning to set. It was a cool spring day and we
were all in a great mood; trying to decide where we would go next. As we walked
and talked, it started to rain. We all started talking at once about the movie “Singing
in the Rain” and the scene in which Gene Kelly actually dances in the
rain with an umbrella. One of my girlfriends spots a lamppost and dares me to
dance as Gene did. Why me? Well, I had taken dance lessons and tap lessons for
years so if any one of us was going to do it, it would have to be me. “Okay.” I
agreed, but only if they joined me.
Then there, in the middle
of a block in Manhattan, I, followed by my friends, opened my umbrella and
began singing and dancing in the rain. What a blast that was! I can still
picture us laughing and dancing and jumping around, and laughing some more! Now
some of you may say … “only in New York” but I say … “only with friends”. The
best part of this memory … the women I danced with that day are still my friends
today. We have been through a lot but we still know how to dance and sing in
the rain.
Do you have a favorite
rain memory? Share it with us.
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