I love this delightful, insightful quote I ran across recently.
Haven’t we all had these folks in our lives? For whatever reason, they are not always with us. Childhood friends, school buddies, romantic partners, relatives and loved ones who passed too soon.
I am so very happy and thankful to have a bunch of dog-eared pages in my book. What about you?
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On a bumper sticker Robert and I saw the other day as we were driving along Henry Street here in Savannah.
Oh my goodness, did that question and its underlying truth ever hit home!
I often find myself complaining about the LEAST little thing: “If only the temperature could be about five degrees cooler today!”
Or “I just HATE getting a stomach ache!”
Ocean Vuong On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
I love this quotation from Vietnamese author Ocean Vuong (isn’t that a great name?) in his fascinating and time-denying novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.
He’s right—memory certainly is a choice. I have brothers, and our memories of past events are quite often barely recognizable. And, of course, we sometimes simply choose not to remember certain aspects of the past.
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