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[cryolyst]

im too sick to be eloquent rn but i think theres smth so nice abt ppl filling in the gaps of each other's memories.

my dad caught up with a friend of his and his friend recalled this one time a group of them went to dinner together and ordered an expensive soup to share and my dad joked about not letting it go to waste by mixing it with the complimentary iced tea and they could drink it together and his friend still remembers him saying it, like 40 years ago, and it brought a much needed levity to the economic hardship they were experiencing at the time. and my dad said he remembers the dinner and the nice soup but doesn't remember saying that but somehow it left such an impression on his friend.

like we ourselves of course aren't able to remember everything we say or do. but so many of the things we do still leave an impact, and the people around us are there to fill those gaps in for us. a collective memory. it's comforting.