Musings on Memory

Memory is never exact or accurate because we all react to things or remember things the way we like or want. Events that happen and words said impact us in different ways. What happens to one person impacts another person in a totally different way.

I wish I understood memory and how it works. How different events I remember growing up differ from my sisters viewpoint.

Memory is never exact or accurate because we all react to things or remember things the way we processed it way back when.

What I remember is different than my sisters, and that is what makes things unique I guess.

Someone looked at my memoir a couple of years ago and their feedback was “your life doesn’t add up.” I’m still flustered that this person said this-I mean how can he know that my life doesn’t add up, he met me once before and that was the extent of his knowing me.

My life is my life and the stories I tell are the stories I know and understand to be what they are.

Memory is never exact or accurate but as a storyteller I know my truth and that is what I work towards speaking about.