This thread will end up in the Hall of Fame.
I rememeber the first time I heard a Simon and Garfunkel song,
and the lyrics sent the hairs on the back of my arm to attention,
even though I was only 8 years old.
"preserve your memories, they're all that's left you."
I recall the taste of my father's maraschino cherries soaked in a Manhatten.
I recall the bad bad boys who overtook the fort we had built and chased
us away shooting bb- guns at us.
I remember my fourth grade teacher would read us the letters from
her son stationed on an aircraft-carrier during the Vietnam war.
I remember having a substitute teacher for three months,
after he was killed.
I remember my younger sisters playing with their GI-Joes,
they would switch the black and white guys heads and feet.
I remember lighting candles and then blowing them out repeatedly
because I love that scent.
I remember the rancid acrid smell of Ether, as an anesthesia when I had my tonsils removed.
I remember the first time I saw a nun I thought it was a witch.
I remember being able to spend hours watching dust particles in sunbeams.
soundtrack.
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