In Your Words: The Making of a Memory

Beth VogtIn Others' Words, lifequotes, quote about past and present 5 Comments

I am very fond of memories.  I’m the type of person who saves cards — birthday cards, Mother’s Day cards, thank you cards, “just because” cards. The handwritten notes inside recall to mind the person who gave me the card — the part I treasure most. I also save photographs, both digital and traditional. Even less-than-perfect blurry ones, because they capture …

In Others’ Words: We All Have Time Machines …

Beth VogtIn Others' Words, quote about past and present, Quotes 6 Comments

The idea of time machines captures the imaginations of children and adults alike.  How enticing to have the chance to go visit times past and interact with history or visit times-yet-to-be and help make history. I’ve always thought it would have been an exciting adventure to be one of the American pioneers heading west in a wagon train. Yet given …

In Others’ Words: Cherishing Childhood Memories

Beth VogtIn Others' Words, lifequotes, quote about past and present 4 Comments

Childhood memories … let’s sift through the good ones today, shall we? I know for some, the pile of happy memories is small. But we all have a childhood memory or two that we cherish. A day at the beach. An evening around the campfire, savoring S’mores. Wandering the bookshelves in the library and adding yet another book to the …

In Others’ Words: You Are Here

Beth VogtIn Others' Words, Life, quote about choices, quote about life, quote about past and present, Uncategorized 13 Comments

Anybody else ever want a do-over?  Anybody else wish there was a rewind button on life, just so you could go back five, maybe ten, seconds and make a different choice?  (They worked that do-over concept into the movie Galaxy Quest, but the rewind button had a fancy name: Omega 13.) But I digress. Reality is, we rarely, if ever, …