Maricela Juarez

The Way We Were: A Historical Chronology Maricela Juarez

The lyrics from a famous Barbara Streisand smash hit prompted me to thought. It is time to stir up an antiquated way of life. One that longs to resurface. One that needs to be analyzed. We as a society need to re-evaluate things. Look at the direction we are going as a culture. Possibly CHECK OURSELVES. Life can be such a simple thing, yet we complicate it. Why can't we keep it that way; SIMPLE? If only for a moment. Why must we continually try to complicate it? Why can't we embrace the concept of living Day by Day? This is what this literary project attempts to do. It is meant to make the reader ponder. To make us look within ourselves. To review our societal norms. To evaluate what we have allowed to erode. We must then ask if we can recapture some of those long lost traditions and values.