Moments That Life Won't Let Us Forget

Facebook memories are always scary. Rarely do you get an “On this day (however many) years ago…” and feel, uh, how would you say it… un-humiliated? Yesterday was a prime example. I got an alert that eight years ago, I posted a picture of my brand new Carolina basketball garden gnome.

I’ve learned about repressing and altering memories in psych classes, and I have to admit it : I have 100% altered this memory into a cute thing that 9 year-old CB did with her allowance. Turns out, I was in eighth grade and wanted the world to know about it. Thanks a lot, Facebook Memories.

Learn how this actually gave hint to who I'd become, and how I see life as a series of unfinished stories, waiting to come full circle : https://www.carolinebynum.com/bad-dates/