I start everyday fresh and new
Memories of days past are history
Ask me what I ate a few days ago
Or details of a book I read last week
Ask me to make meatloaf without a recipe
Ask me when my next dentist appointment is
To me, it’s all a mystery
My memory is like a sieve
No, its not old age or menopause
My poor memory goes to back to when I was young
Memorizing dates in history class, a torture
Remembering my students’ name, an adventure
Once I had two students
Whose names I mixed up
And after that no matter how hard I tried
I could not reprogram my brain
The wrong names stayed in my head
My husband and kids are with a
Good memory blessed
Which makes me look worse
As you can guess
My poor memory has other downsides too
Forgetting how to get somewhere
Getting lost on the way back
Misplacing an important document
Now, where did I actually file that?
But poor memory has an upside too
I get to start each day anew
Forget the sorrows of the past
Leave behind me what has passed
Yes, my poor memory gets me in trouble sometimes
But each day is brand new, a fresh start!
Lida Berghuis
January 8th, 2011
