Memory Snippets

I lay on my bed napping and little snippets of memory bounce from one to another. They are like thumbnails on a computer screen that bring peace and smiles to my mind. For some reason, I had been thinking about my young life in Hawaii. Scenes of walking home from school, sitting in the back seat of the car driving around Oahu listening to "Mr. Sandman" on the radio, to the playground across the street from my home puffed into my head bringing peace, calm, security, and beauty. Where did these flashbacks come from?

The phone rings waking me from my rest. Life must continue, yet I still think about those scenes. These same moments had been used in the past when they conjured up feelings of disappointment, pain, and anger. Why are they used by my brain in a different way? Have I matured over the years? Are the painful moments I held on to for so long, gone?

I hope so.