{"id":4245,"date":"2011-07-17T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=4245"},"modified":"2011-07-18T07:52:22","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T11:52:22","slug":"old-letters-old-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=4245","title":{"rendered":"Old Letters, Old Age"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poirot says,<\/p>\n

“Oh, la la, never<\/em> does a woman destroy a letter if she can avoid it! Not even if it would be more prudent to do so!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

from “The Adventure of ‘The Western Star'”<\/p>\n

After reading this quote, I went searching through my Memory Box for an old love letter someone gave me once upon a time. I could not find it. Did I throw it away? It seems unlikely, though I did once rip up a different love letter. Destroying that<\/em> letter seemed prudent at the time, but I think it was ultimately a mistake. I would really get a kick out of reading it today if I could.<\/p>\n

Digging through my Memory Box, I found many other letters, cards, journals, and various mementos. It made me realize again how much of my past I have forgotten. I have talked many times about trying to write my memories down. I hope I can find the time someday soon, before the fog of Age takes even more of them away from me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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