Memorable events

Tonight while I was working I was thinking of a certain person and wondering how this person would want to get to know difficult me.  This person did something for me, which I doubt the person knows, that actually meant something to me.

My thoughts started with the book "A Walk To Remember'' by Nicholas Sparks that was published in 1992.  It was then turned into a movie in 2002 starring Mandy Moore as Jamie Sullivan and Shane West as Landon Carter.  For this entry the storyline is not really that important, but for those of you who have seen the movie there is a moment when Jamie confesses her list of ambitions i.e get a tattoo, be in two places at once, befriend someone you don't like, etc.  In the movie Landon and Jamie eventually fall in love and Landon helps her fulfill things on her list.  The one moment that sticks out is when Landon has Jamie straddle the state line, thus being in two places at once.

I had a moment like this with the boyfriend of a friend of mine from college.  Compared to the current situation, he had wanted to get to know me and brought me out the the corner where Iowa meets Minnesota meets South Dakota.  We sat there at the irony of being in multiple places and began to talk.  I may have lost touch with this guy, but that day and that moment meant more to me than a lot of things in my life.  Why?  Because I felt special.  I felt for that time I was number one to someone and the focus was on me.

The other day I went for a walk with someone who, I will admit, knew more history than I really cared to know.  I'm not saying it was interesting and I think that is because this person reminded me of a high school teacher who also was passionate about history.  This person told me about the history of an old hotel in town that I had been admiring for some time, usually when I went for walks during my break at work.  It is an older building that is so classy and sophisticated that every time I walk by it I lose my breathe.  I loved looking in the windows and imagine that I was some upper class woman, rich, sexy, and gorgeous.  Of course I would have the big tent dress and huge hat in my imagination, but it was all a dream.  It was a fantasy compared to the visual effects of Leonardo Di Caprio in "Titanic" even though it was not exactly the same.  

I did not know that anyone could actually enter this building until recently.  Now you can't explore every nook and cranny, but to see even the slightest piece of my imagination come true left me gasping for air that moment.  I think my favorite two spots were the entry and the ballroom.  I remember visiting my aunt in Philly where she gave my family tours of old buildings like this one.  The ballroom was my favorite of the everything I had seen because it reminded me of the cartoon movie "Anastasia."  Even though the ballroom was not as big as it was in the movie, it still contained elements I could only dream about. 

As I write this I try to figure out why moments like these would mean so much since there is so little to them.  In the second memory I doubt the person actually knows what he/she did.  It's hard to touch someone's heart and pay attention that closely to a person.  I would like to go back to the hotel one of these nights and just sit.  I want my imagination to stretch beyond the outer walls and see where and when I land.  Guess I have always been a little greedy when it comes to wanting more to improve myself or another. :)