We all have them, and some we wish we didn’t have. Some we are proud of and other ashamed of. I often wonder if others remember things the same way I remember them. Unfortunately or fortunately they don’t. I’ve talked to a few different friends about things that happened years ago and we each have totally separate memories of the events. I guess it’s whatever you focused on.

I have these little vague memories of things that I’d done in the past, yes regrets. When I say past some over 40 years ago. I often wonder do the other people still remember them or is it a memory that they’ve forgotten?

I pulled a chair out from under this heavy set girl in the 5th grade. Well she had taken my chair so technically I just took it back. She fell on the floor and rolled around. She said that she had an operation a few weeks before and was hurt. I got into some trouble and felt bad for doing it, 38 years later I still feel bad.

Then I got into an accident and a lady hit the side of my car. A police report was done up and she admitted to hitting me. Then when her insurance company called she had changed her story. I sent them the police report and they paid so no big deal… but the story wasn’t over. Her insurance sent me a check and a statement of her account of what happened. She said she was driving down the road and I swerved over into her, it was me who caused the accident. Then I started retracing my steps… I’d just got out of school at noon to drive to my vo-tech school which was downtown, about 12 miles away. It was pouring rain and the run to my car got me drenched. I got in my 1976 Camaro and headed down the highway. I then remember me combing my hair and looking into the mirror… oh shit… I may have swerved into her. I was in the middle of combing my hair looking into the mirror in the rain when the accident happened. I knew I should have returned the check called her agent and explained what had happened. But being a kid and greedy for money I didn’t say anything and kept the check. I often wonder if her car got fixed, did it cause her insurance to go up, etc. Did if have some type of “Butterfly Effect” on her. I’ll never know but often wonder about something that happened 34 years ago now.

Does anyone else do this?