Dear Julie Ann,
When we graduated from Prep at LLC, my mother didn't know that it was you who took first honors. I had been going on and on about Mai-Mai the entire year. According to my mother, I was like, "Mai-Mai did this... Mai-Mai got a perfect score on the test... Mai-Mai is so good at this." But Mama tells me that she was surprised that Mai-Mai didn't finish first, and that instead you got the gold medal as the best student of the prep class. And she was surprised I was second.
We were six so I don't remember any of this. I don't even know who else was in the top 5. I also don't remember what your mom read during the part of the graduation ceremony for the parent of the first honor. Neither can I recall what my father read during his part. Were they talking about the dreams they have for us? Were they sharing about what we learned that past year?
I can't recall no matter how hard I try.
Lately, I find myself asking people, "Do you remember?" I see myself scratching at the air and coming up empty handed. Is my mind deteriorating already? Is that why I don't remember things I should remember from my own past?
Do I want you to answer me and say that you are in the same situation? Part of me thinks that will make me feel better about the present because people my age do not really remember what happened when they were six. Or do I want you to fill me in on the details? I'd love to laugh at all our grade school antics as we catch up.
Or maybe we can just reconnect and talk about what's going on right now in our lives.
It's really been a while---
