Tonight my son Dalton was out camping and he was taking pictures of his son Flynn. He was reminiscing about seeing pictures of himself from when he\u2019d been a little kid in that same place and now here he was taking pictures of his own son in that place. He said a quote came to his mind along the lines of \u201cRight now are the good ole days you\u2019ll be telling your future posterity about. Make them good.\u201d\u00a0 And it reminded him that regardless of any bad things going on in our lives we still need to be making \u201cthe good ole days\u201d type of memories we can look back on.<\/p>\n
His thoughts made me think of a Macklemore song called The Good Old Days. Here are a few excerpt lines I pulled from his song:<\/p>\n
\u201cI wish somebody would have told me\u2026
\nSome day, these will be the good old days\u2026<\/p>\n
Someday soon, your whole life’s gonna change
\nYou’ll miss the magic of these good old days\u2026<\/p>\n
I’d be laying in my bed and dream about what I’d become
\nCouldn’t wait to get older, couldn’t wait to be someone
\nNow that I’m here, wishing I was still young
\nThose good old days<\/p>\n
I wish somebody would have told me\u2026
\nThat some day, these will be the good old days\u2026<\/p>\n
Wish I didn’t think I had the answers\u2026
\nWish I would’ve gotten out of my shell\u2026<\/p>\n
Wish I wouldn’t have worried about what other people thought
\nAnd felt comfortable in myself\u2026<\/p>\n
‘Cause someday soon, your whole life’s gonna change
\nYou’ll miss the magic of the good old days<\/p>\n
Never thought we’d get old, maybe we’re still young
\nMaybe we always look back and think it was better than it was
\nMaybe these are the moments
\nMaybe I’ve been missing what it’s about
\nBeen scared of the future, thinking about the past
\nWhile missing out on now<\/p>\n
We’ve come so far, I guess I’m proud
\nAnd I ain’t worried about the wrinkles around my smile
\nI’ve got some scars, I’ve been around
\nI’ve felt some pain, I’ve seen some things, but I’m here now
\nThose good old days<\/p>\n
You don’t know, what you’ve got
\nTill it goes, till it’s gone
\nYou don’t know, what you’ve got
\nTill it goes, till it’s gone<\/p>\n
I wish somebody would have told me\u2026
\nSome day, these will be the good old days<\/p>\n
Someday soon, your whole life’s gonna change
\nYou’ll miss the magic of these good old days\u201d<\/p>\n
-select excerpts from Macklemore\u2019s The Good Old Days<\/p>\n
This weekend make some “Good Old Days” memories!<\/p>\n
~Amy Rees Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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