Saturday, November 15, 2008

Reminiscing

So tonight I wen to the store to buy my grandmother-in-law's birthday card and while I was there, all alone just like I wanted, I heard this lady loudly speaking in Spanish on her cell phone. At first I just tried to ignore her cuz it seems lots of Latin people do this haha. But as I got into line to wait to buy the card and she came up behind me, still on the phone, I picked up her Spanish accent to be one from Buenos Aires, Argentina.Well, then I rudely listened in on her conversation. Not interested in what she was discussing over the phone, but in her ACCENT!!You see, I served a mission there, in Buenos Aires. One of the very best things I've EVER done in my life. So, I just relished her accent. Purely Buenos Aires!!! They have a very super distinct accent, different than any other place on the earth. It is BEAUTIFUL!!! I hate regular ol' Spanish, but Castellano, as it's called, is wonderful, and the Portenos speak it very musically and animated-like. It's so cool!!Actually, while I stood there listening to her I was taken back to my time spent in Argentina. I remember people there and places I'd been to. Then I realized tears had come to my eyes.I miss that place!I miss those people!!!!!Wow my heart just wanted to be back there so much!Hey!! I just remembered that song! "Don't cry for me Argentina" hahahaha. Anyway, I'd do almost anything to go back there and bring at least Tyler, if not my entire little family. It would be awesome to take my parent there, too.I'm so grateful for that opportunity and huge sacrifice I made to go on an LDS mission!!!! I wouldn't trade it for anything, seriously.Since my mission I've dreamt of serving more missions. Weird, eh? I guess I loved it that much. It was VERY hard and I was super happy to be home, but it was the best thing I did and I had lots of success and learned sooooooo much!"Don't cry for me, Argentina" should be "Don't cry for Argentina, Lisa". hahaha

2 comments:

  1. I came across your blog from the provo recycle group and loved this post about Buenos Aires. My husband is from there and he tells me how beautiful it is all the time and when we get together with his Argentinian friends their "accents" really come out. I saw a lady from my company last week (whom I had never met) and said, "I know you must be from Argentina" and she said that she had been born there and also lived part of her life in Spain. We plan on taking our little family there some day to visit and meet my husbands' family. There is a blog called, "Sixintheworld.com" and it is a family that took a whole year off to travel and part of their travels were in Argentina and they talk about the BBQ's (my husband loves meat and says that you can't get a better steak than in Argentina)...anyway it was fun to read your blog today.

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  2. I didn't know that you wnet on a mission. That is awesome. My husband's cousin Destinee is on a mission in Argentina right now--can't remember what part. I didn't get to go on a mission, married at 19, mom at 20, but this is the path that was meant for me. Maybe someday!

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