Holding It Dear

Keeping all these things. Holding them dear. Deep within ourselves.

That’s the trick, isn’t it? The remembering…

Counting every year, carrying every memory, tucking them all inside – to keep, and to keep close.

To remember delight at 10… love at 20…joy at 30…hope at 40.  To know peace at 50, 60, 99 – when you remember it all.

For every decade, and every decade next, to be reminded of the glorious truth: When we give much away, we keep far, far more.