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#𝘛𝘉𝘛 𝟷𝟿𝟾? 𝘔𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘦𝘴. 𝘚𝘰 𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭— 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘬, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦. ⁣⁣
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I read yesterday about “flashbulb memories.” Moments directly connected to emotional content and those that engage all the senses become permanent parts of our lifelong memory. They are often associated with big, public events. However, cognitive psychologists are finding that more significantly, they are linked to quiet, introspective ones. ⁣⁣
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This is a flashbulb memory for me. Snow on my face. World washed clean as a blank page. The silence and stillness making me feel more alive than ever. I could hear my heartbeat. ⁣
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⁣These barracks are long gone— bulldozed and taken over by hibernating squirrels— but I can still feel every part of this scene in my mind. I think of it every winter. ⁣
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Flashback is right! We just arrived in APG that summer from Germany where snowfall reached feet not inches! You were probably thinking... Is this it? How am I supposed to build a snowman! ⛄️ ❄️

My snowy memory is the storm of 1967, 20+ inches of snow, walking home from school in a white blizzard.

Do you remember the name of the development or neighborhood? (My wife grew up in that neck of the woods.)

So cute