There have been many people in and out of the house for many months. They have helped in so many ways. Several helped clean and do laundry and the dishes. It was very much appreciated, but also led to a pretty unorganized kitchen as people put things in places they thought they should be. This morning my sister and I got at it and started pulling things out of the kitchen cabinets. As we worked, we took a trip down memory lane. We found appliances and cookbooks from the 1970’s and my mom’s old tin recipe card box. We came across some items that belonged to my grandmother. Some things were kept, some were thrown away, and some were donated. This reminded me of an antique mall that is here in the city. Once we completed the majority of the kitchen project, we headed over to the mall. There we found many of the same treasures we have here for sale, like our mom’s little aluminum cookie cutters and glass lemon juicer. And there were plenty of other gems that brought us back to our youth, such as 8-track tapes. The mall was in a part of town that we used to go to when we were in our teens. But it was all very different now. Once back at home, I found an article that described the area as it was with the old ice cream shop, the pizza place, and the arcade. My sister and brother and I had quite a good time remembering all the shops and restaurants we would visit with the family. I found it to be very joyful taking a trip down memory lane.

I Found God today joyfully remembering the past.