Did ya.....Do ya... Would ya...But then...

Did ya? ...Ever just wonder about some of the things
we recall as being so great... or so bad in our lives?
I mean, were Mom's pot pies really that good or were we
just really hungry those days?  Was the grass on that
hillside really that tough to mow or did we just have better
things to do that afternoon?   I think our memories are a
bit tainted as the years pass by.

Do ya?... Remember times in your life like first dates..first car
first pet you lost.. etc  like they were yesterday?  I sometimes
wonder how much embellishment ,good and bad, our minds
impart on our memories.  I'm sure the good memories couldn't
have been as great as I remember and no doubt the bad
memories weren't as horrific as I recall.  Still they must have
had some substance to be etched in our memories as they are.

Would ya?... change anything? If you say no ..then your fibbing!
I wouldn't change a lot, nor any of the outcome of my life ...
maybe just alter the timeline a bit. Early on I would probably
drink a little less.. save a little more  Learn to swim...dance and
love a little earlier in my life and try to be a better friend than I was.

But then.. Changing the past is not an option.  I guess the only
option is to work on the future.  Improve where we can and
embellish the memories of what we can't change. And the 
whole world knows I'm a master at embellishment !