{"id":1722,"date":"2009-11-10T23:37:03","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T23:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolene-test.com.bishopcompsol.com\/?p=1722"},"modified":"2009-11-10T23:37:03","modified_gmt":"2009-11-10T23:37:03","slug":"sioux-city-sue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/sioux-city-sue\/","title":{"rendered":"Sioux City Sue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I was a kid in northwest Iowa, Sioux City was big. Really big. Really, really big. It was the center of civilization and all things phantasmagorical, a legendary place we visited a few times a year for gala events such as the Shrine Circus and the debuts of wholesome movie debuts including Jungle Book, The Sound of Music, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, <\/em>and Mary Poppins<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Every childhood trip to Sioux City commenced with Dad singing his rendition of the old song, Sioux City Sue<\/em> and the rest of us chiming in. He only knew the first few lines – \u201cFive foot two; eyes of blue; she\u2019s my sweet Sioux City Sue; Has anybody seen my gal?\u201d – so the concert didn\u2019t last long.<\/p>\n

Before the last note died away, he launched into his standard commentary about Sioux City being a rough town, like river towns tend to be. \u201cSo you kids stay close when we go shopping.\u201d Dad would wink. \u201cDon\u2019t wander off. Got that?\u201d<\/p>\n

All those memories came flooding back last weekend when I drove to Sioux City to leave complimentary copies of my book at hospital chaplains\u2019 offices. On the way, I passed the McDonald\u2019s where I tasted my first hamburger. I drove by Stone Park, where we used to picnic with my uncle and aunt\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

To be honest, the town seemed a whole lot smaller than I remembered it. The streets weren\u2019t hard to navigate, and I wondered why my mom always got so tense driving around the tiny city.<\/p>\n

Only the hills were as big as I remembered them, maybe even a little bigger. The walk from my car in the parking lot to the hospital\u2019s main entrance was quite vertical. Good exercise, but it\u2019s hard to make a good impression on strangers when huffing and puffing, all red-faced and sweaty. Still, it was good to visit Sioux City again, the exciting Mecca of my childhood.<\/p>\n

I drove back to Le Mars, humming Sioux City Sue<\/em> and thinking about my dad. What I wouldn\u2019t give to sing with him one more time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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