“I Remember It Like It Was Just Yesterday…” Really?

The Role of Emotional Memory in Our Writing

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Remembering

A week after my mother died, my siblings and I were scattered on her living room floor taking a break from the Herculean task of packing up her house for sale. Perhaps it was the fatigue and melancholy, but instead of our raucous storytelling and teasing, we…