Reclaiming the Past

“Hey, remember a few years back when you told me I should jump off a cliff?” Taylor asked at the breakfast table. “Well, I thought of a comeback.”

“What? I never said anything like that,” Jessica said, “I like you.”

“Well, you said it in jest,” Taylor admitted

“I really don’t remember ever saying that,” Jessica pondered, “It’s funny how many things we completely forget ever doing. Can we actually say we are who we were, if it bears so little on us that we don’t even remember?” Jessica left the table deep in thought.

“. . . No, you jump off a cliff . . .”