*Old Things Are More Beautiful*

Old things are more beautiful than many things brand new........
Because they bring fond memories of things we used to do.

Old photographs in albums, love letters tied with lace,
Recapture those old feelings that new ones can't replace.

Baby shoes, a Teddy bear, a ring that grandma wore,
Are treasures waiting there behind a door marked "Nevermore."

Old things are more beautiful, more precious day-by-day, because they are the flowers we planted yesterday.


Up in the attic, down on my knees
Lifetimes of boxes, timeless to me.

Letters and photographs yellowed with years
Some bringing laughter, some bringing tears.

Time never changes the memories, the faces,
of loved ones, who bring to me
All that I come from and all that I live for
And all that I'm going to be.

My precious family is more than an heirloom.
(Amy Grant)