What We Recall...

 Isn't it funny how what we most remember (and teaches the most thankfulness)

 is often not the things that went well, but things that didn't?!

Today two of my nieces turn 16. 

Not only can they not go for G1 driver's license due to

non-essential services being shut down (due to COVID 19)

 but one of them is in quarantine after returning from half-a-vacation!

A birthday for the memory-books, for sure!

Here are a few recollections as through looking back
we look forward to days/seasons ahead!
A pictures never tells the whole story
but they capture precious moments.

What we recall

Is often not

The flying leap

But the hard fall

The fist-a-cuff

Of life and love

And then, what we learned

Through it all

What we recall

Is often not

The small talk when

Life hums along

But the laughter

After the tears

After the silence

Sweeter song

What we recall

Is often not

The days that flow

The way we planned

But rather more

The greater good

When looking back

We understand

© Janet Martin