Mending

 The word “remember” has a root meaning in “to mend” as in to sew something that has been torn or damaged.  Something in my life might have become torn.  The heart gets “torn” by a hurtful incident in our life.  The heart needs to be repaired, or sewn back together again.  It needs mending, but sometimes we tend to put off the mending just as we might put off sewing a button that has become loose or torn off.  It is not a matter of forgetting, for who can forget a broken or torn heart.  It is a matter of procrastination.  My prayer life is in part to keep me sewn together because daily life can pull me apart sometimes.