Tuesday January 02, 2007
Tuesday January 02, 2007 So I had a very unusual dream the other night. I was back in the neighborhood I grew up in Pittsburgh (current time) in the living room of a boyhood friend Denny. There were two women there and one of them says to me "Hi Steve". I said I was sorry but I didn't know who she was and she responded "I can't believe you don't remember me. I even went to Fla. with your family one summer!". I said that I didn't know what she was talking about. At that point I woke up and immediately thought "Donna" and went back to sleep.
Next morning I woke and was annoyed that I couldn't remember Denny and Donna's last name. Now I hadn't lived in that neighborhood since 1966 when my family moved to Fla. so it wasn't like it was some recent memory. Still I can point at probably 20-30 houses in that google map and tell you who lived there then so it was annoying. After a day of trying to remember with no luck I called my mother in Fla.
I asked what was the last name of Donna that went with us to Fla. that summer? She said wow that was a long time ago she wasn't sure if she could remember but after a few minutes she did. As near as we can place it that summer trip was probably 1964.
So then I was curious to see if I could find out where Denny was so I googled him. The top few hits were all the same person in Akron which seemed promising. I checked the links hoping to find a photo since several were newspaper articles. No luck but there was an email address. So I figured I send a blind email and see.
I got back a message like "Hi Steve, It's been a long time". He wondered how I found him and I told the story above. Now comes the strange part. Denny told me that his sister has 3 grown-up kids and the she and her husband are living in that same house in Pgh. that I dreamed about.
I'm sure I haven't thought of Denny or Donna in nearly 40 years. It'd be interesting to know what triggered that dream!