Memory Lane is a Long and Winding Road

And the older you get the longer that road is and the more twists and turns there are in it. The picture is just one example of how I’ve been traveling down that road so much lately. I spent a morning, actually part of a morning until I got to tired, sorting through clothes in my shed. Most of them have been packed since I moved out of my apartment in Colorado Springs many years ago. What should have simply been taking them out of bins and putting them in bags wasn’t that simple. So many memories were stirred up by what various (most) clothing items brought back. 

Races I had run, places I had been, things I had done all represented by t-shirts and sweatshirts and even socks and gloves. Each item bringing back memories from those events. I couldn’t get rid of the t-shirts yet that I got from the 25 states where I did my 25 half marathons thinking I might eventually do all 50. Part of me still thinks it would be nice to have a quilt made. 🤷‍♂️. Time will tell but the reality is they’ll probably go in the next purge. 🙄

Another way to find yourself on Memory Lane is reconnecting with old friends. Kristina Kidd one of my Sierra track athletes was going to be in town for a couple days for her work so we made arrangements to meet for lunch. It was so much fun catching up and sharing memories and stories about our time together at Sierra but also catching up with what so many others were doing. Fortunately Applebees wasn’t to crowded when we went because we kept a table talking long after we finished eating. I so glad we reconnected through Instagram.