One of my earliest memories was a trip to Disneyland. I must have been about three or four. I don’t remember much about that day except as soon as it grew dark a spotlight hit the top of the Matterhorn and Tinkerbell with a blonde bun hairstyle and shiny green outfit flew from the sky down into the crowd. Right then the fireworks started. It was all so magical! I new immediately that was who I wanted to be when I grew up.
For Halloween that year my mother made me a costume of emerald green satin with a jagged-edged hem. She put my hair on the top of my head and a wand in my hand. She created a fabulous Captain Hook outfit for my brother too; eye patch, tricorn hat and snarly britches to match the sneer on his mouth.
A couple of years later I watched the televised Broadway musical and kept waiting to see my favorite character. But in that version she was invisible with a vain and cranky attitude. She wanted the audience to even clap in order to see her, then only appearing as flashes of light. I was so disappointed. Everyone knew the real Tinkerbell flew down from the top of the Matterhorn right after sunset without applause to prompt her. And when I grew up that was who I would be me, the REAL Tinkerbell.
Jill: So fun! I wanted to be Cinderella. We could have hung out and had fun! Thanks for the memories!
Yes! That would have been fun.
Of course you were Tinkerbell and how cute you were. I love the green outfit and that it’s green in the black & white photo. Thanks for the sweet story.
Glad you like the picture and story. I love writing memories from my childhood, especially when they are prompted by photos. The black and white ones are filled with a sense of time and place. Also it’s fun to add in the color myself!
What a fun story your Tinkerbell is. Your friend Judy hit it spot on:
“Of course you were Tinkerbell”. It’s you!
I had a much different memory experience. My father owned the local movie theatre, so I grew up watching films of the 50’s. So for me the axiom “everything I learned about being a man I learned from the 50’s movies” is true for me.