memories

As I get older, understanding of certain things begin to dawn on me. - I never understood why it was so important to the older people in my family to decorate the graves of family members/friends on Memorial Day and through out the year. I have begun now understand, more so than I'd like. Once the hands of time have begun to wind, they seem to go in a faster motion yearly. After awhile, there seems to be more and more people who you love buried and gone from this earth. I vividly recall that sometimes my Mama or mom would slow down at certain graves and look off in the distance. Sometimes smiling at the memory, other times just a look of longing was stretched across their face. That is why we journey to the sites that our loved ones rest in. It is a way of bringing them to mind, and honoring their time on earth. Not that we can forget those we love, it just resonants in us to be near to where their final resting place is. <3 Miss you mama <3