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Memorable
Posted by Ferdinand, Dec 2, 2008. 1281 views. ID = 2073
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Memorable? Memorable isn't always a good thing, you know. Sometimes the very worst memories are the ones that stay with you for years.
When I was seven years old, we had the most wonderful Christmas party at my grandmother's house Christmas day. There were presents, decorations, laughter, and good family fun.
I barely remember that party.
But the next year - oh, I remember that party. That was the year my mother and father got into a knock-down drag-out sort of argument on the way to the party, didn't speak a word to one another - or to us - through the entire afternoon, and then continued their painful silence on the way home.
I don't remember what I got for Christmas that year, I don't remember what the decorations looked like, or what kinds of cakes and pies and candies I ate that afternoon. What I do remember is three long hours of a frightening sense of wrongness. And that memory is so intense I could almost believe that the party lasted a week.
I remember that party because of the silence. I remember that party because it was the first hint I had that things were not as they should be between my parents. I remember that party because it was the last time the whole family was together for Christmas.
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Comments
Hannah
Dec 4, 2008 | A typo: "memories are the ones that stay with (you) for years."
~Posted by Hannah, Dec 4, 2008 |
Hannah
Dec 4, 2008 | Wow. Simple but powerful. I like it. :D
~Posted by Hannah, Dec 4, 2008 |
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