October marks the third anniversary of this blog. The anniversary was in the back of my mind the other day as I looked through some old files at the office. In a dusty box under my desk I discovered a folder from over a decade ago that looked like a good candidate for shredding. Leafing through, I found several documents that told the story of a forgotten business deal from back in the day. I read the names and the details all came back. I wondered what had become of everyone involved.
Then I came across an old, printed-out email. It didn’t look like business, and upon closer inspection I was surprised to see it was from my mother. She had passed away five years ago, so finding it –especially in an old business file–was a pleasant surprise.
It was from 2004, and my mom was taking a creative writing class. She had emailed me her latest effort which took me even further back in time than ’04. The story was about a Halloween costume she made me when I was in first grade. Apparently, I didn’t tell her I needed the costume until the last minute, so she made it out of tin-foil and other things she quickly put together from around the house. I went as a shiny silver alien of some sort and won first prize.
I had forgotten that incident entirely, but as I read the story all the details came back. It was a nice memory.
It made me think of all we forget.
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