Facebook doesn’t tell me it’s my dad’s birthday tomorrow anymore. I have to remember it for myself. It’s one of a handful of dates I’ve collected during my life that I can’t forget. Like the others, it’s etched on my memory along with the birthdays of all those I’ve ever been close to, and all the dates where… Read more »
It's easy to remember things differently when you look back on them. It's easy to romanticise something, or to apply a negative emotion to it when hindsight or regret has its way. Bad things can be overlooked in favour of some fleeting happy memory. Wonderful things can be turned sour, despite meaning the wor… Read more »
I keep thinking it was a late April fool's joke. It'd be just like my dad to get the dates wrong. He'd be sitting there trying not to laugh while all the time goading us further and further into his little set-up. Sometimes I used to toy with him in return. His jokes were rarely that well masked. It was often… Read more »