A Walk Down Memory Lane

October 29

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I remember when a walk down memory lane meant that Dad was pulling out the old Kodak Slide Projector. It was the one with those funny round trays full of the hundreds of slides taken over the years. Mom would make pop corn. while the kids would get the screen out of the closet We would all laugh and cringe as different pictures came up. Mom and Dad would apologize about the lost years, the ones in which the camera was broken, so there were no pictures about the life of one of us kids. It helped us remember where we had come from. When we would question if we ever liked each other, we would see pictures of hugging and laughing and parties, and, and, and. It was always good to remember.

Today I took a walk down memory lane in a different way, a new way. It wasn’t a long look back, only the last year or two. I went back to re-read my old bloggings. It is eye opening to take a look back at what you were struggling with, or working through in life. I use my blog much like I would guess many use a diary. I try to capture thoughts, feelings, emotions, I am experiencing. I usually use it after I have had some time to reflect on an issue or area of my life. There is something therapeutic about writing it down in such a way that others can ask me questions about it. So today I read back, and in many ways relived some great memories, some hard lessons, remembered some things I have been trying to forget. I thought about deleting the past blogs, but then realized there is a lot about me in them. How could I just remove my past from being. So the blog and all it reveals remains. Not many read it, but than it really isn’t about getting people to read it as much as it is about getting it out of my head and into the open. It is really about me and not you. However, you are welcome to read, and ask questions about. Maybe it can make both of us better in the long run.

So if you get a chance, take a new walk down memory lane, however you stored your memories, or thoughts, or ideas. It is a good trip to take from time to time.