Wayback Wednesdays…1993

Angela is our beautiful, expecting Mama hostess has appointed me as her side-kick for this mid-week fun WAYBACK WEDNESDAY.  Thanks!  Today, we’re going to travel back in time.

Today, we’re going back…way back into time to 1993. That is a whole lot of years ago. Many things I’ve forgotten from 18 years ago but my memory instantly registers these frozen moments in times:

• We bought a swing set for our daughters.
• I was pregnant with our third and last child.
• We began homeschooling our daughters (ages 5 and 3).
• I celebrated my 32nd birthday.

However, I’ll  never forget the freakish March event which hit headlines all across the country and was the talk for days and for years to come. We had just bought the girls a swing set with plans to put it together with the weather breaking when out of nowhere… a record-breaking snow storm hit much of the eastern United States.  Knoxville got a whopping two feet of snow. At the same time, we broke a record for coldest temperature in history for our area plummeting to 22 degrees below zero.

We  woke the next morning to find our entire neighborhood as a picturesque winter wonderland. During the stillness of the night, evergreens topped quietly and landing effortless against our home.  Every tree branch and bush and plant piled high with piles of snow. The dense snow muffled all city sounds. It felt surreal.

The city came to a halt!  They weren’t equipped to handle the aftermath of such a huge snow fall. Mind you, this was before the day they routinely went out to pre-treat the roads.  In fact, the streets in our subdivision did not get cleared for several days.

I recall my husband calling the city after being stranded at home for the entire weekend and having missed two days of work…

“When are you going to send a truck to clear our backstreets,” My husband asked.

The city official said, “Sir, I’m afraid we can’t get our trucks out there?”

“Why not? Don’t you have chains?”

“No, sir. We never had a need for chains before…now.  We’re just waiting on Mother Nature to lend us a hand.”

My husband ALWAYS insists on buying chains for our vehicles.  We grew up in rural West Virginia and know the value of these for getting around, but here in the big-little town of Knoxville the city crew did not own such a thing. Now, that’s what I call prepared NOT!

Despite the aggravation, we adults felt over the late wintry blast of ’93 it did not seem to affect little ones. The nearly 2 feet of snow was magical and special for them. The Blizzard of ’93 will live forever in our minds and the minds of our two little girls. They’ll remember it as a time the world stopped just a moment or maybe that’s how I’ll remember it.

What memorable events stand out in your mind? Please leave a comment letting me know you stopped by today.

It’s your turn to go way back, Wayback to 1993! What music or memories do you remember?

A Whole New World from the 1992 Disney film, Aladdin, sung by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle peaked #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts on March 6th and stayed on the charts for three weeks.

Thanks for sharing your memories!

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