Revelation

This is the back-story: Since last October, I've had this friend on Facebook whom I did not recognize. We had a handful of friends in common, and the worst part was that she clearly knew who I was and had said many friendly things, while I- feeling like a jerk- drew a blank.

Then, this morning I dragged myself out of bed, splashed some cold water on my face, and out of nowhere, realized exactly who the mystery girl was! She used to go by a different first name, is all. But the crazy thing is that I had forgotten all about her, which is weird because I really liked her and we were pretty close friends. Hung out at eachother's houses and everything.

So get this- life feels pretty long, right? I mean, you have a lot of memories stored up, and from this richness comes the sense of having been around for awhile, right? But imagine how long life actually is. If I lost (for a time) all memory of a good friend from my thirteenth year, just imagine how many other things have happened to me that I just don't remember anymore! Finding this girl in my brain really felt like plucking a card out from the middle of a deck. I guess it's good that we don't have to haul all our memories around with us all the time, but it does make me wonder what all the other cards look like, and how it would feel to be able to access every single one.