Soundtrack by Paul Macefiled (Love this song!!!)
I remember as a child, toddling around with spoons of Fruity Pebbles, my brother and I made up magic. The red fruity flakes, if you eat them, you fall in love with the first thing you see. We probably swiped this from an Aladdin episode (remember the TV series?) or some other show we watched.
We spent breakfast "falling in love" with items around the room.
Right now, I'm actually in love with a food processor I lost, and imagining the Oreos and vanilla ice cream I used to whip up on slow afternoons.
I also remember a necklace I got from Bingo at the nursing home my dad ran. The charm was the size of my palm, I thought it was too big. It was just from another time. An oval turquoise stone encircled by braided metal on a chain.
It transported me to the Land of the Black Sand, where I was an acrobatic "street rat", which I definitely stole from Aladdin.
I've traded in my curls and 101 Dalmatians pants but I still find myself with a palmful of myths. The most abundant of these are Happy Token myths.
Happy tokens are little things you find that make that moment special. For instance, coins run flat by a train are happy tokens, as is a piece of hair (or any other thing) in the shape of a heart, or a splatter of paint that looks like a little girl with duck hair, you know, that old cutesy haircut a lot of Precious Moments girls have, or if there are an usual number of blue/pink gummy worms in the box.
Which means, you can make a wish.
David and my favorite little legend is, if you find an eyelash on your true love, you can make a wish, and blow, it will come true.
Do you have one? Something that feels special that you stumble upon in life? Leave me a comment so I can join in on the happiness.
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