If I could, I would go back to my 22nd year. I mean look at me. I’d discovered the wonders of makeup, colored contact lenses, hair dye and, oh glory,…weaves! Dang if I didn’t look good, in spite of all that! LOL.
I have often wondered thisand I figure I’m not the only
one...
It was a year filled with ups and downs. My husband cheated and was kicked out, by his own mama, who changed the locks on her apartment door. (Yeah, we lived with his parents. I was 19 and he was 18…but that’s another story), I became a femme fatale…(translation: deadly female) and dater extraordinaire. In my estimation, there was safety in numbers. I was attending auditions for commercials, background singing spots and background dancing spots.
My hair and consequently "my look" changed constantly. In fact, I had a wig collection that would make Regine of the sitcom entitled “Living Single” salivate.
I recall snagging a spotlight in a video with Keith Sweat’s non-singing-behind. He was assisting with the launch of a new singing group. I can't remember their name but after so many repetitions the words of the chorus "All Night, All Night Long...Hit it!" stuck in my head.
Finally, we were thankfully up to the last and final take. (oxymoron?) I'm dancing happily away in my designated spot, grooving with my newfound Puerto Rican friend, when...she accidentally overbalances, thereby accidentally elbowing me out of the way and catching her balance, right dead center of my spotlight.
I gathered friends and family to see the side of my arm that had made it to video stardom. Alas, too trusting--yet again.
But all in all, despite all of the above…I remember 22 as a very good year.
If you could, or better still, if you were granted just one wish and it had to do with turning back the hands of time...What age would you go back to and why?
Interesting question. I don't think I would want to go back any particular age in the past.
Not that my past is totally unwelcoming (it's rather uneventful to be honest), but because I prefer the future. If I could, I'd like to fast forward 15 years to see whether what I've spent the last 4 years doing will work as expected.
So to reverse the question: if you could fast forward into the future, how many years would you go, and what would you go looking to see?
PS: When I first popped in (after reviewing your blog on Teh Blog Father, I thought you were around 30. You certainly don't look older than that ;-)
PPS: The above is a dishonest opinion. If I was honest, the number would be even lower and you'd think I was just trying to flatter you :-)