It's funny when a song or a smell or just anything reminds you of something isn't it?

Sometimes it's a good memory and sometimes it's bad or just sad. I just heard a song that reminded me of someone special and it really got to me. You just never know what's going to happen with memories. There are some who say they will eventually fade away. But do they really? Could it just be that we still have them as vivid as the day they were made and we just replace them with new memories? Is it really that simple?! It could be, or maybe the more time that passes the less often we think about them.

Just today we were talking about how hot it was and every time it's hot like it is right now, I always think of Dallas Cowboys Training Camp at Midwestern State University. Man those were four of the hottest summers I can remember. It never fails if I walk outside and have my breath stolen by the heat I always think of those times. They were ten years ago.

The brain truly is an amazing organ. How in the world can anyone just spark a memory by a word. Just this last weekend I heard the word "opera". I don't even remember where I heard it but it made me think of my father. He died 21 years ago this year but I still remember being a little kid and going to watch him rehearse at the Tulsa Opera. That would have been 30-plus years ago. HOW?! I still remember the smell of the theater they performed in. Simply amazing.

I do my best to be an optimist. Anytime some one calls me for advice on a break-up or something horrible they almost always think of all the bad things. The things that went wrong. The things that hurt. I always tell them what I try and do is to forget the bad things as hard as it may be. Remember the good times. There had to be some of those or else when it ends it wouldn't hurt at all. The only hurdle to that is that there is always that song, smell, movie, or even a word that takes you right back! It's a vicious circle.