I remember...


... shining blue eyes
... pale skin
... blonde hair chopped off
... pig tails
... khakis
... September 11: One year later
... Wednesday night bible study
... canvas purse
... black sharpie
... red white and blue paper clips
... a boy at school
... FMHS
... baby doll tops
... sitting on the couch
... eating too many potatoe chips
... tears over the dead
... tears over a grandfather
... solomn prayers
... smudged eyeliner
... warm hugs
... good advice
... detached mother
... sudden dissapearance
... not wanting to be there
... frogs
... a baptism night
... a scared girl
... 17 and still not driving
... being afraid
... grabbing my hand
... running to the stage
... "What if I mess up"
... the light of Christ
... police 911
... Chinise yo yo
... the phone ringing
... Monday morning
... crying
... dreaming
... its not my fault
... aunt and uncle
... Oklahoma
... unbelievable beauty
... Sherri Youngwood - Restore
... Are you okay?
... some card
... a cousin
... nightmares and daydreams
... Walmart keychain... green
... a little boy


They've got the same eyes...


And tonight, in the two year old room, I saw them again. Sometimes I think I'm forgetting, and I'm sure, to an extent, I am. The little things that I didn't bother to keep under lock and key sometimes fade away, but so many others are there forever, flooding back once I think I've forgotten. I haven't forgotten. Just... misplaced. Little reminders are all it really takes, and then all over again, what I think has passed on in two years suddenly comes back to me like a lost kid who found his way back by chance.

I'll never forget.