Opus 2023-314: Memory Lane

Memory is always a challenge.  People of all ages have moments when they can’t wrap their mind around a specific word.  It just gets more frequent and frustrating as you get older.  Much of what we experience is just an increase of the brief spells as youngsters.

I am working to fill in the gaps.  This comes when someone will share something I was a part of and I have no memory.  I think I already shared about getting my son to eat green beans.  I don’t remember, so I will repeat it.  He was stuck at the table until he finished his green beans.  I kept warming them up and they kept getting drier.  He claims that what finally convinced him to eat them was that when the ones on his plate were too desiccated to eat, I opened another can.  At that point he knew he was not going to win.  I had lost that memory.  Now I have added it.

More recently my daughter shared how I used to take her to the men’s room to use the bathroom.  I don’t remember ever doing it but she said I would check to make sure it was empty, get her installed in a booth, stand guard in front until she was done and tell her when the coast was clear.  I can’t believe I don’t remember, but she does.

I expect to know more about my past next year than I do today.  What anticipation.

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