Somewhere Out There...

My brother and I were in Blockbuster the other night, and they were playing a movie. I noticed it because they had the volume up really loud. It was a cartoon, and I didn't really pay that much attention, except I thought some of the dialog was really corny... then all of a sudden I heard *singing* "there are no cats in America, and the streets are paved with cheese".... I yelled to Marc, and made him quickly come look at the tv (the people in the store must have thought I was crazy), and I said "Marc, it's FIEVEL!" Marc looked at me, and he said.. "Wow, you and Jimmy loved that movie..."

That has to be the first time I've seen it since I was about 5!! And when we were 5, Jim and I used to sing "Sooooooomewhere out theeeeeere, beneaf the pebblu liiiigghhhtt.... " (of course we had no idea that the real lyrics were "pale blue" and not "pebblu"... pebblu is much better!!)

So truly, I guess that's our song... so this one's for you my Jimmy...

Somewhere out there, beneath the 'pebblu' light
Someone's thinking of me, and loving me tonight
Somewhere out there, someone's saying a prayer
That we'll find each other, in that big somewhere out there...

Stories of Jim

"Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty"...
~Adair Lara

I think this quote reflects Jimmy in so many ways... if you have a story, we want to hear it... leave a comment

I think this reflects Jim, because he was always quoting lines from movies or things that he read, sorta to inspire someone or to illustrate his point... and I just think this is kinda how Jim lived his life... whether it was Jim cooking dinner, or calling and inviting everyone everywhere he thought was gonna be fun, or a one liner followed by that big smile and goofy laugh... he wanted to make his friends happy

Jim & Lukie

We miss you too Luke!

Picture submitted by Nicole.  

Midnight chat

A few years back our "family" decided to converge on the Outer Banks and rent a cottage. Frank, Gabe, Leah and Jim drove from Pittsburgh, Uncle Russ, Aunt Gail & cuzs Nick and Russ came from Cambridge, Barb came from Meadville and Leah Catherine's mom and brother Marc and I drove down together. We decided to drive straight through the night anxious to get together, fish, feast and make some memories. By the time we all arrived very early in the morning we were exhausted but managed to spend the day settling in, investigating and planning the deep sea fishing excursion (the one where Jim played "the invisible man " and scared about 5 years off each of our lives!) . When the day wound down we were all just about out of gas so I crawled into bed ready to catch up on all the sleep I'd lost. After about five minutes Jim came in and crawled onto of the covers anxious to talk about that special girl he was seeing. Even though I could hardly keep my eyes open he was so passionate about the subject that I couldn't help but stay awake just to listen to him talk about her! Now when Jim had something that he loved he was absolutely passionate whether it be cooking, a friend, his mom, brothers or family or his girlfriend and this night he was on a roll! He told me all about Keri and how he already had plans to surprise her with one of his many endearing little gestures. He told me how he worried about her and cared about her. He told me how he met her and what she did that annoyed him and made him love her even more, what she looked like, who her friends were and how much he missed her. She called him in the middle of our conversation and he stayed right there with the phone tipped sideways so I could hear what her voice sounded like. I'm so glad I stayed awake!!! In our lives we share so many special moments and I bank all of mine so I can make a withdrawal when I need to. This is just one of them.

This looks like its inside Peter's Pub... but I'm not sure??? 

Pitt vs. Penn State Game

Sha Sha's House

My brother and I loved to go to Sha Sha's house, because we got to hang out with the "guys".. and of course, I love my Sha Sha... but my mom and Sha Sha would be in the kitchen talking... and we'd all be in the bedroom playing... and as soon as we'd hear my mom coming down the hall to tell us it was "time to go home" we would all scatter.... Everyone immediately got in bed, and quickly pretended like we were sleeping!! Of course little giggles would give us away, usually Jimmy or me giving away the "secret"... I know that my mom heard us all scrambling in there, but it worked once in a while and we got to stay!!

I think Gabe actually tried to hide Marc in the football toy box a couple times too... "Marc's not here"... so that we could all spend the night! :-)

I could go on for days about all of our childhood memories at Sha Sha's house :-)

10 Bears in the Bed....

I was thinking about some of the silly things Jimmy and I did when we were little, and you know, we must have been really annoying especially to Frank, Gabe & Marc! You see my brother, Marc, is 2 years older than us... Gabe is 4 years older... and Frank is 7 years older.... so Jimmy and me were just little kids. And we used to sing and sing and sing and sing, and jump on the bed, and sing and jump and sing and jump and sing and jump and sing and sing... you get the picture.... I remember singing this one all the time "10 bears in the bed and the little one said 'roll over, roll over' so they all rolled over and one fell out.... 9 bears in the bed......" It was never ending... and of course we had to "act it out"... so if we were singing the bear song.. then you were gonna get run over, cuz Jimmy and I were rolling all over the bed.... and Jimmy would just laugh and laugh... "he he he he", almost like a little snicker (it's amazing how I can remember doing that so vividly and picture Jim so clearly, and we were only like 4 years old)......But we definately drove everyone crazy!!

Thank you, Leah!

"Life gives us brief moments with another...but sometimes in those brief moments we get memories that last a lifetime."

"I've found that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

I just really wanted to take a minute to say thank you, Leah for the opportunity to share memories and photos. I'm sure Jim would approve! There are so many stories yet untold and I'm hoping they will be added to this site. It's not hard to do (if I can figure it out-anyone can!) so if you have a special memory and you'd like to share it then this is the place! Leah has posted some hints below on how to do it or you can email me at goodgodyall@gmail.com if you'd like. I'm looking forward to many more!!!