https://lisanotes.com/make-the-memories-good-mantra-16/ on Life and Love Wed, 16 Feb 2022 23:35:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://lisanotes.com/make-the-memories-good-mantra-16/#comment-329589 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 23:35:16 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=30569#comment-329589 Making the best of a bad situation can teach us so much about ourselves.

]]> https://lisanotes.com/make-the-memories-good-mantra-16/#comment-329588 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 23:16:19 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=30569#comment-329588 Lisa, I read your opening and my past weekend’s trip flashed in my mind. I drove our youngest into a different state to check out a university. Snow was predicted, but not much. We got on the road and it was only a few minutes before we were in heavy traffic and low visibility. And our 3 1/2 hour drive turned into five as I white-knuckled us to our hotel. The good memory came in watching him begin to see the possibilities of this university and even be glad we went up there. Good memories indeed, in spite of the “facing my fear” drive. 🙂

]]> https://lisanotes.com/make-the-memories-good-mantra-16/#comment-329587 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 17:11:50 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=30569#comment-329587 When our children were young, we tried to do little day trips to museums or botanical gardens for a special outing. The pictures bring fond memories.

]]> https://lisanotes.com/make-the-memories-good-mantra-16/#comment-329586 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 14:23:19 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=30569#comment-329586 Oddly enough, some of my best memories of family vacations involve bad things (not horrible, just bad) happening. The backpacking trip where it poured buckets all weekend. That time Pedro and I hit the wall (look it up—it’s also called bonking) while mountain biking. A little adversity seems to reveal our character to each other, and it’s fun to see how people handle it. But maybe my fond memories of bad things are just my way of making the memories good ?.

]]> https://lisanotes.com/make-the-memories-good-mantra-16/#comment-329585 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 13:36:03 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=30569#comment-329585 This reminds me of a long-ago memory. My daughter and I had traveled to visit another family member and things weren’t going well and as planned. We woke up one morning in the guest house and I looked over at her and said, “Another day in paradise!” We laughed until we cried. That is the memory we took away from a not-so-good memory-making trip!!!

]]> https://lisanotes.com/make-the-memories-good-mantra-16/#comment-329584 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:59:52 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=30569#comment-329584 Your post reminded me of the time we went away for a long weekend. We rented a house, towed our boat, went to the lake, and … a hurricane came! Seriously. We never took the boat off the trailer that weekend. But we had front row seats and viewed the spectacular weather over the lake and mountains like we had never before seen. Our kids were young and none of us have ever forgotten the weekend as we truly had the best time. We always laugh when we start the conversation with, “Remember the time …” because we all do remember!

]]> https://lisanotes.com/make-the-memories-good-mantra-16/#comment-329583 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:11:32 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=30569#comment-329583 We all hope to have good memories of our experiences. May we be blessed more with the good than the bad!

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