What do you remember? Important things? Odd things? History? Family? Friends?
We each have our select memories of our lives. Life events from early on until today most often. History we might remember some events but rarely facts leading up to those events. Traumatic times in our lives usually are burned into our memories deeply.
The latter might be recent, Russia attacking Ukraine, inflated gas prices, or for us older folk the landing on the moon, possibly the Kennedy assignation.
Life events can include traumatic events. The passing of a loved one, parents, wife, husband, or sibling. With time the memory of these lessens in effect but rarely in the emotion of that time. We never really forget these events. Never.
As we age older memories fade and vanish. Like childhood life and times. Some medical treatments have that effect also. Cancer and the treatments, medicines and time i general erase memories that don’t fit the traumatic. How our memory works is not under our control.
Memories are important. Its who we are and how we react. I suggest that it would be good to write down what you now feel is important for your grandchildren to know about you and your past. Things you might not have told your children too.
To not remember the past is to relive it in the future.