Labels

People say they hate labels, but certain labels are important. Labels regarding people have no purpose. Labels regarding things do. How many of us look back at old pictures and have no idea who some of the people are? We remember the faces that are closest to us, but not the others. If we labeled them before we put them into our albums, we would know. Other labels that are important are medication labels. We all know to use the full doses of antibiotics, so we should never have any extra. The medications that really need to be labeled are the ointments, salves and lotions. We always have most of the tube left and just place it into our medicine cabinets. A year later, we have no idea what it was used for. Was it the rash on our arm or the dry skin on our feet? I have begun to label exactly what it was used for before I put it away. That way I will never have to guess again.