Memories are the word pictures of the stories of my life, events remembered because of the emotions stored within my psyche. We cannot block out what has happened to us because all events are the building blocks of the person that we are today. My memories – my stories are both personal and also important to me, they have shaped my yesterday and help form my today. The hard times have given me the strength that I use today, the happy times are the smiles that I share. My memories, which are my story, enhance the journey if they are not allowed to destroy who I am by how I remember them.