What once was, still remains... Looking back to the past can bring unexpected joy, or a strange, brooding melancholy — and often a mix of both. This book, with moods of the many looking back at their footprints left in the sands of time, was written when the author was a teen who imagined the lives of fictional people navigating their past. From her gilded cage, a commoner wed to a prince looks back to the freedom she left behind. A young man examines his betrayal. A betrayer is filled with regret. Lovers lament their lost love. An adolescent figures out life. Rebels rise against societal norms. All their stories, and more, reside within the pages of this book. Make peace with memories, and submerge awhile in the pool of nostalgia. This book takes you down memory lane, looking at love, loss, grief, and aching delights experienced over time.