What has been, is past.

Our river is already far beyond that point in its journey.

Don't let us try to turn the waters back.

I promise you I am going to be very, very practical, and make you pay for EVERYTHING." Smiling, now, he waited for her to explain.
"I must tell you, first," she began, "that, except for a very small amount in the--in a savings bank, I have nothing to provide for my last days except this little farm." "What a shame," Brian Kent exclaimed, "that a woman like you can give her life to the public schools for barely enough salary to keep her alive during her active years, and then left in her old age with no means of support.

It is a national disgrace." Auntie Sue chuckled with appreciation of the rather grim humor of the situation.