….another year coming to an end. Countdown?? as I write this, I have basically less than forty-eight hours before we change the calendar to 2010.. mentally preparing myself to brace yet another year, Insha'Allah.. and while closing up 2009, these words keep playing on my mind..
Memories, light the corners of my mind 
Misty watercolor memories of the way we were.
Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we give to one another
For the way we were.
Can it be that it was all so simple then
Or has time rewritten every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me would we? Could we?
Memories, may be beautiful and yet
What's too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget
So it's the laughter we will remember
Whenever we remember
The way we were.
… another piece from Barbra Streisand, beautiful clear voice… love her voice. Below I put up a video of her concert in 1993. Hope you enjoy it as much as I... HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Quotes:
“A moment lasts all of a second, but the memory lives on forever.”
“Life gives us brief moments with another...but sometimes in those brief moment we get memories that last a life time...”
“Memories are the treasures that we keep locked deep within the storehouse of our souls, to keep our hearts warm when we are lonely.” ~ Becky Aligada
“I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.” ~ Sophia Loren
“Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.” ~ Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest.
“We do not remember days; we remember moments.” ~ Cesare Pavese, The Burning Brand
"Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened." ~ Dr. Seuss
"A trip to nostalgia now and then is good for the spirit." ~ Dan Bartolovic
"Memories are and always will be forever" ~ Nicole Rayner
