The Month of Remember

I am renaming this month Remember. 

It seems I've been doing a lot of reminiscing these past 2 weeks.  Some in a melancholy way but mostly in a 'do you remember when _____ did _____?' way.  Oh my goodness the fun times had while remembering people, places and events from past lives. 

For example, an old friend recently sent me some photos of me and my cronies all dolled up for K-Days (what they used to call the Edmonton Exhibition).  I think that was the one and only time I ever dressed up for the occasion. There were 4 of us gals - 2 were dressed as dance hall girls and myself and one other girl were dolled up as if we were fancy ladies.  What on earth was I thinking when I got dressed that evening?  My outfit was brilliant yellow and white and of course had feathers - I looked like a canary out of one of S. Dali's paintings!  Thank heaven I wasn't as fluffy as I am now.   We looked like we were having a great time.  My memories of the event are fuzzy but I vaguely remember us prancing around and showing off our garters from time to time (I had legs back then) - very unladylike behaviour indeed!.

Another friend and I recently enjoyed a few good laughs as we reminisced about when we worked together many years ago.  That was way back in the day when it was actually fun to go to work and it was the norm to spend at least some of the shift laughing until your belly hurt.  Oh the stories I could tell about working in that hospital....but that is for another day.  Let's just say that patient care was handled differently than it is these days.  Just thinking about some of these stories has me chuckling as I type this.

This month has also had some hilarious family remembrances as well as some sad ones, sometimes mixed up together.  For example, when friends and family got together to remember Howard there was sadness at his being gone from us but also many fun memories of some of his notorious antics.

Memories should be taken out, dusted off and enjoyed rather than locked away until they are forgotten.  Even those memories that aren't so pleasant should get an occasional dusting as they are a part of our history and helped to make us the people we are today (just leave the unpleasant feelings in the box).

This month of Remember, pull out the family album or get together with someone from your past. Have a few laughs, shed a few tears and share some of those old memories.  You'll find that the more you share, the more you'll remember.