Remember the Moments

Have you ever been taken back in time with a simple gesture. A smell, sound and even a song. Funny how things can take you back to a time that may be painful or the most beautiful time. I have some of those moment's myself.

Take a simple Hershey Milk Chocolate bar. The plain brown wrapper. Not the one with almonds just plain milk chocolate. I see one of those and it makes me think of my grandfather. Grandpa use to give me one of those when he couldn't take me some where. It was back in the day when girls did girl thinks with the women. The boys did man things. But being the only girl there were times I couldn't be in the raindeer games. He would pull out the wonderful candy bar and it seem to fix everything at the time. Still to this day I like my Hershey Milk Chocolate cold out of the refrig. makes me think of him.

In the summertime the music playing on the radio as I would be getting on the bus to go strawberry picking to earn money of my own when I was just a kid. "Singing Sky Rockets in Flight. Afternoon delight". Funny how the words change as you get older. Didn't know what they were singing at the time. The music seems to make us think of many things in our lives. Certain songs makes us think about the first loves of our lives. The music playing in the background with the first kiss. The song that was playing when you got your heart broken.

The smell of the ocean and pine trees of all the fun times I had with my family camping. The cleaning of freshly caught catfish just before stick it in a hot frying pan. The fresh smell of coffee when your mom cracks the seal of the new can of coffee, for her first cup of coffee. The smell of fresh roses in the early spring bring us a new day. The wet dog smells from the many pets I used to play with as a child growing up. Roasting marshmallows between to graham crackers and chunk of chocolate by the open campfire.

The feel of cool rain on the my face walking to school. The taste of snow reminds me the first time that I seen it snow at my house. The warm breeze coming off the ocean, spraying salt water of lazy days in the summer time.

I find the older that I get I remember things at the craziest times. Things that bring me to a place that was earred marked is some aspect that needs to be remembered. Most of these moments I stop and enjoy the feelings that come across me. Soak in special feeliness that are warm. The refreshing moments that bring me the energy that will get me thru the trying times. The sad moments to remember what I have learned. To remember those who need to be remembered.

It just amazes me how simple things can bring me to those moments. Moments that I thought were so long ago forgotten. The ones that make me smile from beam from ear to ear. The ones that make me laugh. I enjoyed the chuckle and the pleasure to be able to laugh at myself. The ones that bring me tears, I enjoyed the honor and love that comes with it. The lessons I learned.

I hope these things, these moments come to you too. Stop and enjoy them. Live in that moment because I find that life it too short not too.