Remembrance

Remember . . .

when childhood innocence encompassed us all?

when you'd never catch a friend holding a knife to your back?

or when you colored pictures for the love of your life that his mom always saved?

and when homework time was spent getting groceries with Mommy?

when you went to church every Sunday, and never questioned what you were told?

when afternoons were spent waiting on Daddy to get home from work, and call you his little girl?

and when dinners were eaten as a family?

or even when visits to the nursing home were just every days?

when you used to be so sad, it hurts to think about it now?

the person you used to be, you'd never be now?

or the grandpa, who played your first video games with you, while everyone else went to your

grandma's oncologist?

But somehow . . .

innocence left us all,

some friends never sit their knives down,

loving guys no longer involves crayons and paper,

moms don't need groceries to buy fast food,

questions are the only thing in your head at church,

Daddy became a dad, and he never stops talking about how his little girl grew up so fast,

family dinners are a thing of the distant past,

there isn't anyone to visit at the nursing home anymore,

sadness fades away,

people change, and that includes you,

oncology appointments don't last forever, and neither do grandparents.

In remembrance of the good times, and the bad, of yesterday, and the hope for tomorrow.

Live your life in a way that the remembrance makes you smile.