Ryan's Pet project Collage

Times of our life series; Mom would have loved to be here enjoying such heartwarming moments.

I find myself enjoying the bittersweet memories of times-moments past where the entire family was around. Time seems to pass faster every day yet the past comes back to mind often as if it just happened yesterday. Nostalgia has been shown to counteract loneliness, boredom and anxiety. It makes people more generous to strangers and more tolerant of outsiders. Couples feel closer and look happier when they’re sharing nostalgic memories. On cold days, or in cold rooms, people use nostalgia to literally feel warmer.

Nostalgia does have its painful side — it’s a bittersweet emotion — but the net effect is to make life seem more meaningful and death less frightening. When people speak wistfully of the past, they typically become more optimistic and inspired about the future.

Looking back at the photos reminds us of the good times we shared, but it’s also important to remember that happiness isn’t limited to vacations and special times.

Memories are an inevitable aspect of life and the positive ones indicate not just the ability to do or see amazing things, but to make these moments lasting by how we think about them at the time and in the future. Looking back requires gratitude to see those moments in their best light, especially as they begin to fade into the background, or if they become tarnished by the passage of time, grief, or changed relationships.

 

 

See it in slideshow

Small Town USA

 

 

TIMES OF OUR LIFE

 

 

Caballo Viejo~

 

 

Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

 

Kiss me each morning for a million years

 

 

Hold me each evening by your side

 

 

Tell me you'll love me for a million years

 

 

Then if it don't work out

 

 

Then if it don't work out

 

 

Then you can tell me goodbye

 

 

Sweeten my coffee with a morning kiss

 

 

Soften my dreams with your sighs

 

 

Tell me you'll love me for a million years

 

 

Then if it don't work out

 

 

Then if it don't work out

 

 

Then you can tell me goodbye

 

 

If you must go, oh no, I won't grieve

 

 

If you wait a lifetime before you leave

 

 

Then if you must go

 

 

Mmm, I won't tell you no

 

 

Just so that we can say we tried

 

 

Tell me you'll love me for a million years

 

 

Then if it don't work out

 

 

Then if it don't work out

 

 

Then you can tell me goodbye

 

 

Done