I think about things from the past every day. Not so much thinking about regrets and past history that I'd change, although I do think of those from time to time, but I mean thinking about good things in the past. I think that's just normal for people with a functioning, introspective brain. It doesn't mean we live in the past. It just means we reflect. You have to look at where you've been before you can know where you're going in the future, if you ask me.

I think, too, when you have surroundings and pictures and possessions that reflect a family's history, it's natural to look back, even if it's only for a brief moment. I get very sentimental when I see our wedding pictures or my son's baby pictures and realize he's a grownup young man now and that my days as a bride and a mother to a young child are behind me. I look forward to someday being a grandmother, however, so that always perks me up if I begin to dwell on this subject.