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[inspired by "Upwards over the Mountain," Iron & Wine.]

Remember when I´d sprawl out on the grass next to you while you planted our garden in the corner of the yard?

Remember filling the bird feeders and hanging the laundry on ropes between the three oak trees?

Remember when you found Marshmallow, saved him, and brought him home to us?

Remember when you´d steal potato chips off my plate at dinner?

Remember reading the Bernstein Bears to us as we drifted off to sleep?

Remember the candy dinners you made, inviting all the neighbors and nearby cousins on the last day of school?

Remember when we´d take baths together and you told me I´d get those one day too?

Remember laughing together in the back seat on roadtrips across the country?

Remember how good you were at watermelon seed spitting contests?

Remember when we saw puddles and splashed through them, when we turned on sprinklers and danced in them, raked leaf piles and jumped into them, built snowforts and huddled in them?

Remember when you let me lick the brownie bowl?

Remember when you taught me how to knit, how to ski, how to make baby footprints with my hand on the steamy car windows?

Remember how you cried when I told you I knew about Santa?

Remember our walks around the block at night, when you´d listen, or I´d listen, or we´d just hold hands, quiet?

Remember how safe you made me feel? How loved I knew I was? How little I knew I´d miss you?