My Parents Were Awesome

November 13, 2008

I don’t know about you guys, but I think we all tend to see our parents as … well … parents! We never really knew them before we were on the scene, so it’s really hard to imagine them as sexy, fun, single, etc.

The caption that blogger Eliot Glazer started called My Parents Were Awesome says, “Before the fanny packs and Andrea Bocelli concerts, your parents (and grandparents) were once free-wheeling, fashion-forward, and super awesome.” Toooo right!

I for one am super lucky to have two parents that I totally dig. They may have their crazy parts, but who doesn’t!? My mom lives just a hop, skip and a jump away from me here in Santa Barbara and my dad lives in a progressive little hippie enclave in Northern California. Both of them met at Humboldt during their college days from 1968 to 1972 (ehem, ya think they were partaking juuust a tad). Anyway, my dad was drafted for the war and ended up joining the navy and becoming a P3 pilot. My mom followed him from navy base to navy base. Both of them I totally salute for their enduring love for one another and the strength to live off that – and a modest wage from the Navy. My mom had the three of us by the time she was 28. She is 21 or 22 in this attached picture with her first babe, my sister, Carrie. At this point they were in between the Philippines and Hawaii. All I can say is you two rock and thanks!

If you want to submit a story to My Parents Were Awesome, do so here! I think it’s a really cool way to remember that your parents were something other than parents, and if anything it’s super hilarious to flip through the pictures on this site and check out the outfits … groooovy!