An old memory huddles in the corner. I'll scare it out and let it become a new vision. Time loves to be center stage. Why don't you replay a few minutes of a favorite time in 1987. Thank you. Salud.
Very glamorous, Mariana! I was between moves from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Kaiserslautern, Germany. I loved SA and felt torn by the move but enjoyed Germany so very much.
Interesting. My dad had died May 5th 1986 so my mom and I took some of his money and went to New Mexico for May 5th 1987. My girlfriend went with us. We flew into San Antonio and went on to Santa Fe for 3 days for an art festival. We took along our sketch pads just in case we got inspired. We stayed downtown Santa Fe in the plaza area at a beautiful place and then we got a car and headed to Taos for a couple of days. What a great time and a good way to celebrate my father's memory.
I was living in a little town (3000) in Illinois. I was at home with a 5 year old and a 3 year old...and had my hands very full! I was also taking classes towards my BA. It seems like a lifetime ago, and it seems like yesterday!
Oh my goodness...I had a 5 year old, a 13y ear old and a 17 year old. I was getting one off to college...one off to high school and the baby into kindergarten. Seems like centuries ago! My days were filled with soccer practice, ballet, music lessons, college visitations and all the rest that goes with three kids!!!!
On December 30, 1986, my then-husband absconded with our seven year-old son. I spent the entire next three years looking for him and praying. Needless to say, 87 was not a favorite time.
Is that Sophia Loren? A looker! In 1987-I was 32-struggling to get pregnant. Finally hit it big in 90 with Alexander-that's the kid. Suppose I did with his Dad too! HAHA!
In 1987 my Husband was in the Army and was the Army Recruiter in Salina, Kansas. We lived directly across the street from the Marine Corps Recruiter and his wife, Molly. Molly and I got to be really good friends. About a year ago I looked up her kids on myspace.com to see if I could track her down. Yep, her kids (now grown) have myspace accounts, and I got hooked back up with Molly. We are planning on meeting at Graceland when we can do it. They are living in Maine, now, and us in Missouri.
1987.... my son was born in May of 1987... I was 27 and my daughter was 2.... and I loved being a mommy. The down side was that I was beginning to realize that my husband was going to break my heart.... but my beautiful babies were worth it.
I was but a pup out of high school a year prior...in my first year of college...and working full time as an on-air personality at our local radio station. I was also in my first 'real' relationship with a gal I had proposed to, which ended up going sour due to her infidelity. '87 had its ups and downs, but I'm glad it's all behind me.
My children were 6 and 8 years old. I was married ( that would end in'88) and clinically depressed. Probably because I was married. That was a long time ago!
Ohhh my, I was in the midst of moving from the big city (4,700 citizens) to a country home. The closest art gallery in my area was probably the bulletin board in the local high school..hee, hee, hee.
Todd & I married in September of 1987. We were busy getting the "bun in the oven." We had success! Such youthful times, though. I was busy learning new recipes and had this crazy determination to make everything from scratch. And...I wanted to be a writer! I can remember my piddly little spice collection next to the stove in our dinky house. I was so happy with those spices! Now I am an insane Penzy Spice addict. Thanks for the flashback. I love your 1987 photo! I wasn't so glamorous but I had permed auburn hair down to my waist. That's right--I had a waist!
1987 was my all time best year ever. My beautiful daughter was born on Groundhog day. I cannot believe she will be 21 soon. That year was the most exciting of my life. I'd never known love like that before! My life was changed entirely and I've loved every day of her life.
Wow Mariana You look so stunnig and so sohisticated. Were you a film star? If you were them I'm going to find all the movies that you ever played in. Your greatest fan. Salud.
Alaska, before kids, with hubby, camping in Denali in a TENT - for 1 week and we brought only half rations and my sleeping bag leaked. Had to store food in a bear proof locker; everybody else camped ina CAMPER. After we left Denali, we bought Dove Bars, Beer and had a long shower. Then on to other parts of Alaska. Had nightmares about Grislye bears, saw a wolf chase down and kill a sick Caribou.
1987 was one of the worst years of my life. You're not dredging anything up by mentioning it here; I think about it all the time. It was the year I lost my husband to schizophrenia.
Dig that hairdo. You look like my aunt Pat in this picture. I can't remember right now. Just want to thank you for your kind words, prayers and thoughts.
Love the photo, Mariana! It's always fun to see pictures from your past! And this is a fun article. In 1987, I had a seven year old daughter and a three year old son. No art galleries. Instead, we were visiting the Children's Museum and the Science Museum. An "at-home-mom," I was a Brownie Scout leader and a room mother and spent my days immersed in our children ... and adored every minute of it.
Good Morning Greetings Gatherfolks - It is an incredible sunny day here and I open my eyes with a bit of coffee to see such wonderful comments. Let me try to thank each of you. Salud.
Tom, you are your plan - you're already there - all the adventures you've had since 1987 are part of that novel called Tom Hunter's life. Maybe you're like me, World famous in some neighborhoods...what else matters! Salud.
Thank you Miz Marianne M. Oh I have loads of pictures of my past - lol...your world sounds like a happy one caring for and educating your children. Do you think the world is a different place now? Salud.
Amy, well, welcome to the world - it's ok there are lots of folks who will tell you about the 80's on here! Salud. (more later, I can't see past the third comment up) lol...
In late '86 we bought a house in Arizona and my wife and first son moved there, while I stayed behind in California. I had to wrap up a program there before finally relocating myself at the end of January the next year. So '87 was both a hectic and fun year, setting up the house since it was brand new was fun work; it had no landscaping or anything. My daughter was born later in '87 and was beautiful.... ;-) Life was good!
Oh my - such wonderful comments - thank each of you for commenting - it seems many folks were having kids in 1987 - so now they are 21! Your child is 21 and now what? Many have kids who are almost grandparents themselves - time certainly seems to take hold and keep on pulling! I appreciate hearing about your lives my friends. Thanks so very much. Salud.
Todd & I married in September of 1987. We were busy getting the "bun in the oven." We had success! Such youthful times, though. I was busy learning new recipes and had this crazy determination to make everything from scratch. And...I wanted to be a writer! I can remember my piddly little spice collection next to the stove in our dinky house. I was so happy with those spices! Now I am an insane Penzy Spice addict. Thanks for the flashback. I love your 1987 photo! I wasn't so glamorous but I had permed auburn hair down to my waist. That's right--I had a waist! some folks don't know what they do for another - I want you to know Miz Charli - that I laughed about the waist thing half the night! Seriously, because I surely don't know where my own waist went! Salud.
Hmmm 1987...was probably a tough year for me... I think I was suffering panic attacks. But 1988, things started looking up and I bought my first 4 wd vehicle & started doing backcountry tours!
good to see you Miz Cecile - panic attacks? oh no, have you written about this? I'm glad you started your touring business - I can't wait to meet up with you. Salud.
you go, you gorgeous babe, you!! 1987 was momentous for my young self. graduating high school, my horrid skateboarding accident 2 weeks before that (leaving me permanently disabled), and starting college at michigan state, after healing from surgeries all summer. i'd say fall was much better than spring and summer!!
Interesting time to choose. I don't remember good times then. I was reeling from a divorce and trying to figure out how to raise my three daughters (9, 7, and 6) by myself and still manage fulltime graduate. I was too busy to have a lot of good memories.
In the 80's I was still a kid and the kids around me were listening to groups like the Police, Wham and Sting and star wars was in. I was not very cultured, i enjoy all your pictures
In the 1987, I was in junior high, in a catholic school where they made you wear those horrible looking uniforms and the kids were all snotty. I was going for my Confirmation at the time and pretty nervous about getting everything right. It was also the year that my mother married a horrible man, He was just wicked, yep a wicked step-father. Well I don't want to bring this post down, I just want to tell you that I love all your pictures they are all very very beautiful and they make me want to reminisce about better times in my life . thank you.
I quit my corporate job and went freelance that year. Gosh....21 years ago? Well, I didn't starve to death so I guess it was the right decision. If you hadn't asked the question I wouldn't have know how long it has been...kind of lost track.
In 1987 I was 27 yeas of age, had been married for 7 years.....started having female problems and sadly learned I could not get pregnant. Was in the hospital for 2 weeks dealing with nervous breakdown and suffering from depression....took 3 months leave of absence from work.
The 'hi-lite' of that year was I got to go to a Rev. Billy Graham Crusade here in SC.....something I had wanted to do as a child and my dream came true!!
Hey, you gorgeous girl! 1987 had its high points and its low points. Overall, it was a very good year. My oldest daughter was born on August 25. Leaving the hospital, another new mother exclaimed that I had a waist! I was wearing a Ralph Lauren skirt with a top tucked in. I didn't intend to be mean. But, I just nodded and said "thank you." Yes, there are some benefits to having your children come to you by adoption!
Mariana, I've written about the panic attacks somewhere...but I'd have to do a long search to find them. Meanwhile...as you requested... I'm letting you know that I just posted another article about Maggie Ho Dog & I donating to a charitable animal cause.
I was working at KVNF, a very small public radio station in Paonia, CO. It was an economically depressed area, and they couldn't afford to pay me (much). Over 3 years I didn't make enough to cover my gas money, but it was a good training in hard knocks.
Wow....gorgeous lady!!!! Well....I had a few extra pounds on me in 1987. That was the year my daughter was born. And one month before she arrived, the Whittier earthquake happened..and we were right in the middle of it! What a ride!
I was working for a thriving company that was vital to our defense and the U.S. government pulled $40 million in contracts and gave them to China. When the plant closed I became a little bitter when it comes to the traitors that we call politicians.
Other than 4,400 good people out of work, we transfered vital technology to a communist dictatorship. Since then the selling out of this country has become the norm while we have been too busy to care.
August 4, 1987 - The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine, which had required radio and television stations to "fairly" present controversial issues.
Sorry it was not a happy memory but it was not a good year for me!
Well, beautiful lady, I was married and had a 6 year old and an 8 year old. I was busy being a room mother for their classes, helping with Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts. Watching my kids play soccer and baseball and working in a small family owned Pharmacy.
Hmmmm, it's strange that I would find myself reading this and you would ask about that particular year! It was a huge and pivotal year in my life. It was the year I decided I had to move to California. My beloved mother-in-law (we were friends before I met my husband) died in my arms in the Spring. In the summer, my sweet dad retired from his job in Santa Barbara and died six days later. That same year, I lost my cat, my godmother and an uncle. Turned my world upside down. But we made the radical decision to move to the central coast and it was one of the BEST decisions we ever made.
Lovely picture of you, Mariana. In 1987, I was seven, so I don't remember much. I was in second grade but was in a class of mostly third graders, so I always felt like I had to prove I was as smart as the other kids. I do remember that.
one of the best things in 1987 was the trip I took with my mom and grandma. My mom had a high-top camper van and we drove it from St Louis to New York City, to Atlantic City, to Washington DC. We drove up the skyline drive in Virginia on the way and visited the 'palace of gold' in West Virginia. We spent the night on the beach at Virginia Beach. We had breakfast on Broadway in New York. My mom and I went to the Statue of Liberty but didn't go in, and we went to the top of the Empire State Building. All those things and stops and shopping was fun and wonderful, but the best part was that it was a trip we took together, and we laughed most of the way. Now that they are both gone, I cherish that memory. thanks for this prompt.
1987 was a very bad year for me. In February my hot water heater leaked and the insurance adjuster denied the claim but inspected my roof and got me a new one. In March I was burglarized. Most of the stuff was meat and odds and ends, but they also got my engagement and wedding rings. In May my house burned down and a major windstorm carried the tin roof of my shed at the back of the lot into my neighbors yard. For some odd reason the insurance company decided I wasn't a good risk and canceled my policy. I worked with a contractor to rebuild my house. It turns out that even having the foundation and lot, there wasn't enough insurance money to pay to replace the house, so we kept working on finding a way to rebuild within budget. After many hours, I finally got ready to rebuild on Friday. On Sunday my husband decided that after years of separation, he was ready to move on and had filed for divorce, trashing all my plans of a new house. I bought a small home in the area so my kids could go to the same school and have remained here since. I turned 40 in 1987, too. People shouldn't be starting over when they turn 40. I don't like to remember 1987.
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1987.... my son was born in May of 1987... I was 27 and my daughter was 2.... and I loved being a mommy. The down side was that I was beginning to realize that my husband was going to break my heart.... but my beautiful babies were worth it.
I don't miss the shoulder pads....lol
I was teaching at Beaver College (now called Arcadia University.)
Nice photo Marianna!!
I'd never known love like that before! My life was changed entirely and I've loved every day of her life.
You look so stunnig and so sohisticated.
Were you a film star? If you were them I'm going to find all the movies that you ever played in.
Your greatest fan. Salud.
1987 was one of the worst years of my life. You're not dredging anything up by mentioning it here; I think about it all the time. It was the year I lost my husband to schizophrenia.
I can't remember right now. Just want to thank you for your kind words, prayers and thoughts.
Thank you Miz Marianne M. Oh I have loads of pictures of my past - lol...your world sounds like a happy one caring for and educating your children. Do you think the world is a different place now? Salud.
Amy, well, welcome to the world - it's ok there are lots of folks who will tell you about the 80's on here! Salud. (more later, I can't see past the third comment up) lol...
some folks don't know what they do for another - I want you to know Miz Charli - that I laughed about the waist thing half the night! Seriously, because I surely don't know where my own waist went! Salud.
I was not very cultured, i enjoy all your pictures
Well I don't want to bring this post down, I just want to tell you that I love all your pictures they are all very very beautiful and they make me want to reminisce about better times in my life . thank you.
In 1987 I was 27 yeas of age, had been married for 7 years.....started having female problems and sadly learned I could not get pregnant. Was in the hospital for 2 weeks dealing with nervous breakdown and suffering from depression....took 3 months leave of absence from work.
The 'hi-lite' of that year was I got to go to a Rev. Billy Graham Crusade here in SC.....something I had wanted to do as a child and my dream came true!!
I didn't intend to be mean. But, I just nodded and said "thank you." Yes, there are some benefits to having your children come to you by adoption!
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Well....I had a few extra pounds on me in 1987. That was the year my daughter was born. And one month before she arrived, the Whittier earthquake happened..and we were right in the middle of it! What a ride!
I was working for a thriving company that was vital to our defense and the U.S. government pulled $40 million in contracts and gave them to China. When the plant closed I became a little bitter when it comes to the traitors that we call politicians.
Other than 4,400 good people out of work, we transfered vital technology to a communist dictatorship. Since then the selling out of this country has become the norm while we have been too busy to care.
August 4, 1987 - The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine, which had required radio and television stations to "fairly" present controversial issues.
Sorry it was not a happy memory but it was not a good year for me!
Thanks Curt L.
Shannon - the whole story please! Salud.
Right on, Kerrell G.! Shelbia - lol - well, they are big kids now then!
Awww I'm sorry Joy.
I have to jump over and comment on a few posts! thanks everyone. Salud
I worked with a contractor to rebuild my house. It turns out that even having the foundation and lot, there wasn't enough insurance money to pay to replace the house, so we kept working on finding a way to rebuild within budget. After many hours, I finally got ready to rebuild on Friday. On Sunday my husband decided that after years of separation, he was ready to move on and had filed for divorce, trashing all my plans of a new house.
I bought a small home in the area so my kids could go to the same school and have remained here since. I turned 40 in 1987, too. People shouldn't be starting over when they turn 40.
I don't like to remember 1987.