The farther away it gets,
the harder it is to remember.

Reminiscing on the details –
what we were and did and wore,
who we were with,
where we went,
how we got there,
why…
grasping those details is like trying to grab a smoke ring.

Google “why we forget” and you’ll find thousands of pages
on the science on the biology of remembering -
how things are stored in the hippocampus, neo-cortex and the amygdala;
how thoughts decay like messages written in the sand
how we’re programmed to understand the world, not remember it.

As the specifics fade,
when all the particulars of our most magical, meaningful moments,
are stripped away,
what’s left are the 100% pure, uncut emotions
that have shaped us,
made us who we are.

Those feelings don’t live on in our brains,
they are stay alive in our hearts.

Record them.
Share them.
Cherish them.
Drink to them.
Make no15e.