Memories of Home: A Keepsake You Create

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This is not to say that all evidence that relies on memory should be discarded or regarded as unreliable – they often provide the most compelling testimony in criminal cases. But it has led to rules and guidelines about how witnesses and victims should be questioned to ensure their recollections of an event or perpetrator are not contaminated by investigators or prosecutors. Houses are built to live in and not to look on; therefore let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had.”— Francis Bacon At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, a parent.” ~Barbara Bush Say “I’m sorry.” Don’t go to bed angry.–Don’tlet your pridebecome more important thatyour relationships. Sometimes it’s hardest to say “I’m sorry” to our spouses and our children.

The concept of home isn’t always pleasant. Here are some sardonic comments about the realities of home – and a few funny nursery rhymes that we thought we would throw in. Don't be afraid to use humor when funeral planning. Sometimes a funny quote is appropriate – even when writing a eulogy.

Context in the brain

Celebrate the positive.– Celebrateaccomplishments, find the good in challenges… helpyour spouse and childrennotice what’s good and live with hope.Celebrate working together. Celebrate family.

Memories are malleable and tend to change slightly each time we revisit them, in the same way that spoken stories do,” says Loveday. They are influenced by our perceptions, state of mind, knowledge and even the company we are in when recalling events, which can lend us a new perspective on a familiar life event. “A memory is essentially the activation of neural networks in the brain, which are consistently modified and altered,” she says. “Therefore at each recollection, new elements can easily be integrated while existing elements can be altered or lost.” How do great writers and thinkers describe the concept of home? Here are some thoughtful quotes that make you go, “hmmm.”According to the theory, rapidly repeated material is associated with a single state of context, whereas material repeated across different times and events is associated with several different states of context. This pays off later, when you’re sitting in the exam hall desperately trying to recall the chemical formula for potassium permanganate, because your current state of context will be more likely to match one of the many states of context in which you so diligently did your chemistry revision. Details of significant experiences from decades ago may still be available if you can coax them out of your memory. Not just holidays and celebrations. Not traditions. Not evenscrapbooks, digital photos, videos, or anything you put on social media to save for the future. Contextual-binding theory can potentially explain a host of other phenomena, such as the effects of brain damage on memory. People with damage to a region in the centre of the brain called the hippocampus are often unable to form new memories. We suspect this is where context-binding actually occurs, especially given that the hippocampus receives inputs from virtually all other brain regions, enabling associations between different sights, smells, physical sensations, and emotions. Repetition of stories helps us to consolidate our memories of what happened to us – so-called episodic memories. If we can’t socialise as much, perhaps it’s not surprising that those memories don’t feel as crystal clear as usual.

Use your manners.Say “please and thank you.” Teach table manners. Teach and show respect.Nice matters even at home!I personally am inclined to approach housework the way governments treat dissent; ignore it until it revolts.”— Barbara Kingsolver