The Magic of Eilif ~ Part Two

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Subtitled: Eilif, I Have Great Ambitions for You

This story is dedicated to Eilif Skodvin and  Eilif Kiland.

Please remember to read The Magic of Eilif ~ Part One so you may catch up to this point in the story.

Some few days passed. I can't remember exactly how many. I am fairly accurate on keeping track of what day it currently is.

One morning I have awakened myself, talking (babbling?) in my sleep.  I lift up, swing out of the bed, put my feet on the carpet and have that very rare moment of being able to capture what it was I was talking to myself about before I woke myself up doing it. The magic of Eilif has once again come into play.

"Eilif ~ I live because I matter. Eilif ~ I matter because I live."  ~ these are exact words ~ I kept repeating them out loud on the way to the bathroom.  After that necessary relief, I went to my computer desk and I scrawled them in a spiral notebook I keep there.

Before this morning event I had already decided that while Grand is only 13 years old and there is no hurry in procreation at this point in time, I was going to 'lobby' him to name any child he has much later into the future ~ "Eilif".  When I looked up the meaning for the name "Eilif" it showed it was a male name.  I wondered if there was a female name that was close. It is always good to be forward thinking and prepared.

I get to Twitter, I have a new follower from Sweden.  I "tweet him up" (write plural consecutive tweets to him) about the name "Eilif".  I never hear back from him.

Some few days passed. I can't remember exactly how many and I receive a tweet from @Eilif  (Eilif Kiland)  ~ don't run this is not hieroglyphics it is twitter.

Eilif Kiland ‏ @Eilif

@grammakaye I also think Eilif is a great name. It's rather rare, and I was named after my grandfather :-)

I think I reply to him about the 'specialness' of his name.  I am in Tweetdeck (a Twitter application) and I pop up his name so I can see his picture better.  He has a most pleasant face, a very nice jaw line. It is straight and solid. He wears stylish glasses that seem harmoniously perfect for his face. Those eyeglasses seem carefully chosen. He has good taste. He has sparkling eyes behind his eyeglasses. The kind of eyes that hold keen intelligence and mirth, with more than a hint of mischief. I think to myself one day if it hasn't already happened he is going to wonder where his children get their mischief from and he need do nothing more than to look into a mirror to answer that question.  He does not 'fear' people, he reached out and tweeted me.

You only have my word these are my first thoughts because after perusing his picture, I popped up his 'about me' link:  About Me Eilif

For the most part, I think it highly confirmed my first impressions.
Some few days passed. I can't remember exactly how many.  I remember thinking where has @Eilif   gone, what is he up to? I have seen no tweets sent out by him. I go to his profile page and I find the tweet I have posted below this paragraph.

I don't remember ever having received this. This is a hugely important tweet. EILIF KILAND is a Packers fans ~ that is Green Bay Packers, (American NFL football team headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin USA) ~ THE team I love in the small city I live in and the primary reason I was ever invited to Twitter in the first place.

Eilif Kiland ‏ @Eilif

@grammakaye It's just 400 Norwegians with that name. Thanks for the follow. (I'm also a Packers fan and have been to Green Bay once)

Eilif Kiland is 'unawares' if you are a Packers fan, then you are FAMILY!  Eilif Kiland will not remain 'unawares' he is FAMILY for very much longer!

The magic of Eilif brought a significant core shift/change to my 'being'.  First I received, "I live" ~ Next I received  " I live because I matter.  I matter because I live."  It is not just a thing of the mind or the heart, even the spirit or the soul ~ it's all encompassing because I truly feel as though every cell in my body has also received a physical renewal. There's no scientific proof of that part of it though! ~ While I may never have the immortality of Eilif, at this present time and these present moments ~ "I no longer simply exist ~ I LIVE!"

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Eilif, I Have Great Ambitions For You 

As a retired gramma I have time to daydream.  I am always daydreaming up great and grand ideas for others. I take no mind at the appropriateness or inappropriateness of doing so. I take no mind to what schedules, deadlines, life pressures the people I daydream for may currently have. I take no mind or hurt as to those who would think I'm crazy for having this daydreaming for others habit. I know all of this comes from an honest place inside me. Those daydreams that  are supposed to work out, shall work out.

Gather a meeting of as many of those 400 Norwegians named Eilif as you can convince to come.  Let the Eilifs (plural) gather to share their life experiences, wisdom, various walks of life.  I 'hear' Eilif Skodvin is on hiatus from LilyHammer as the second season of the series is delayed until Steven Van Zandt comes off tour with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

Seek Eilif Skodvin out, for if you put a meeting of the Eilifs together, he may want to make a film of it for Norwegian television.  You may find a book publisher who would want to publish some of the wisdom of the Eilifs (anecdotes, funny stories or serious life lessons). You might want to gather a meeting of the Eilifs in a location designed by your firm that you are particularly proud of.  Gather the Eilifs together, be it a large event or small. Perhaps there might even be a Norwegian reality television show about the Eilifs evolve. *FIRST, do these gatherings because it is the right thing to do.

I am an average, ordinary gramma who is exceptionally blessed by Eilif. I can't imagine why the bulk of the Norwegian population would not be blessed by the magic of Eilif.  My daydreaming ideas are free should you choose to breathe life into them. I want or need nothing in return. That is unless there is a video of the event, a book to read coming out of it, or a reality television series. I should very much like to see those 'uh' with English or English subtitles that is! AND as the 'spark' that is to say originator of the ideas I would very much like to know that you Eilif Kiland and you Eilif Skodvin would find a mutually agreeable collaboration that is beneficial to both of you.

Waste not the magic of Eilif!

I already know you are ambitious, I simply daydream even more great ambitions for you.

I am grateful LilyHammer brought Norway to me, the magic of Eilif, a new friend and Packers fan.

I wish good things and send positive thoughts to the people of Norway!  
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I tweet as @grammakaye on twitter. Anyone is welcome to leave a comment. If you twitter, please leave your twitter handle (ID) so that I may befriend you.

Further information and credits:

More about LilyHammer (the television show) from Wikipedia:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilyhammer

More about Steven Van Zandt from Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Van_Zandt

(edited update: 12-12-12)