Rapunzel,
You said, "No, you can't change the past, really, but what you can do is re-write your story and change your perceptions of it."
That is a great way to look at it. I always think about going to the old county fair as a kid. It was big, fast, cool, everything tasted good. I culd go every day the week it was going on.
Now going back as an adult I thought it was such a piddly, boring thing complete with the nasty greasy food.
Just like two people can experience the same thing and see it completely different.
Thanks for sharing that. I had forgotten about that aspect.
Heidu

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
~ Carl Bard ~