Memory Lane

My dad came for a visit.  He brought with him some of my things that I've had in storage at his house.  You know the kind of stuff....high school year books, pictures of the kids, journals etc.  I have started to go through things but not in depth yet.  But the mere drifting back in time briefly has been nice.  I smile and laugh when I look back at my high school days, wondering where some of those people went that had once been in my life.  I made a stack of pictures of friends that I have found on face book and plan on going down memory lane with each of them.

I was excited to see all my journals again.  I didn't realize that I have kept a journal on and off again since about 1989.  I'm interested in reading through them to discover how I've become who I am today.  I even found some literary magazines that the school published with some of mine and my friends poems and stories that we wrote back then.  I haven't read over them yet but plan to.

I didn't realize the amount of pictures I have of all three of my kids.  I  have decided to go through them and sort them into groups to share with family members and then make a memory book for each child.  I've gone up and down a roller coaster of emotions as I've browsed through the pictures of my past.  It's all good.  It's just a representation of my journey.  I'd like to sit down and really examine my pictures and journals and look to see where I can see God had his hand in my life when I wasn't quite aware that he was there.