Making Memories

If we could describe our lives in two words, it would be making memories. Its the reason we do what we do. Family vacations, the big wedding, celebrations in general. When old friends get together to catch up with each other, conversations after catching up almost automatically veers towards the past and the memories we share. Oh the times we had back then. I can hear it now. Those great memories can move us to laughter or tears. Sometimes its all we have left of someone. I can drive by the lot where my grandmother's house once stood as a family landmark. The house is long gone but in my mind I remember every detail of that lot. I remember how the house stood there. I remember the smell inside. I remember the cane patch at the side of the house we were forbidden to go into. I also remember running through it many times and the spankings that ensued. I remember running around the shed and stepping on a 16 penny nail and it going all the way through my foot. Not a great memory but yet still a memory. Some memories are great and some leave scars.
   I love hearing my dad talk about his memories. He talks about his dad who I am too young to remember. Hearing him speak about his dad makes me feel closer to him. He talks about when he and my mom met. It seems like yesterday to him. Memories help us cope with life such as it is. It helps us deal with death when memiries are all we have left. 
   Here and now is only a moment and its gone. The true life's test is what kind of memories are you building along the way. Do we take time out for the big family outing or vacations. Man those times build lots of mental reels for the future. Those are times that spark great conversation and brings all involved smiles. Memories tie us all together no matter how far life causes us to drift apart. One of my fondest memories is a big family vacation in Colorado with my dad. Since that week several years ago we have all drifted in different directions but the memories of that trip still make us seem close.
  Life is all about making memories and its too short not to make some great ones. Every second of each day counts. Start adding to your mental reel collection daily.
God Bless
Big Skinny