it's a family tradition

*sang in my best Hank Williams Jr voice :)

When I was a little girl, I remember my Dad taking me through the old Eldean Road covered bridge.  I remember that we liked to yell out the windows & hear the echo.  I remember thinking that old bridge was really something special.

In 2005 they restored the bride, and it made me think back to the days when I would enjoy going through it as a child.  Because it is on the outskirts of town, it was never "on the way" anywhere we'd go. 

But now, it is.

Now that we go to the pool in the town next to ours, the bridge is on our way.  Everyday.  We have made it our daily rountine to go through the bridge.  The kids ask me everyday if we are going through it, and everyday day we do. 

However, we do not yell out the windows...we honk the horn instead  :) 

Everyday, everytime. 

I am sure that the house nearby HATES me and my honking mini-van.  But I am creating traditions and fun memories with my kids now, and I love that.  I am tearing up at the thought of my kids driving thier own kids through the good ol' Eldean covered bridge. 

Or even better, ME taking them through it...and HONKING  :)

Comments

[Jenny]

Thanks for the reminder! I LOVE family traditions and need to create more... Very inspirational :-)

[meghann]

Very neat bridge!

[Vic lewis]

Nice story! I didn't know it then, but have learned since how some of the littlest things stay with your kids & g-kids more than we realize.This made me a little misty-eyed ( in a good way), as does the " butterfly kisses " song when I think about it. I'm sending you one of my favorite pictures via e- mail to post here so folks can see how we looked when we used to "yell at the bridge!"( I didn't know how to send it here.) Enjoy!--Dad

[Dad]

We probably yelled because the horn never worked in that old truck( tho it was new to me in the picture-that was why your Grandma took it!)To all who read Angi's blogs,I hope someday you meet "My Little Girl!" (thanks Tim McGraw)- she's pretty special!! Love---Dad

[Heather]

There is a covered bridge on the lake where my in-laws live in the summer time. There is just something about covered bridges...