We can all think of pleasant happy memories we do not ever want to forget. Maybe it was a wedding day, the birth of a child, the day you came to accept Jesus Christ. Maybe it was the day you graduated from college, got that new surfboard or Les Paul. Good memories we want to keep remembering.
But there are days that are not so good. There are memories that are not so good. Still, it is to our great benefit to hang on to these memories.
It might not be healthy to live every day in the shadow of painful unpleasant memories. Those who have lost loved ones certainly live in the shadow of death every day.
So once a year when a day, like today, comes around it is appropriate for us to remember.

