history: Just last night, I sat on my back porch with my wife, my children, and my guitar.  I was just strumming along and enjoying the time with my family.  My God has been good to me.  Life truly is good.   It was such a nice night last evening_comma_ that my wife_comma_ my children_comma_ and I all sat on the back porch and simply enjoyed the evening together. That's sounds like a lovely night. I bet it was wonderful
current: Absolutely.  I played my guitar, we sang, we talked, and just enjoyed the night.  God has been good to me.  Life is good.  
next: I love the guitar, too! That's marvelous