Brilliant Flash

At the end of an e-mail sent by my sister, there was a line that said  -  My mind is like lightning, one brilliant flash and it's gone.  I couldn't have said it better about my mind/memory.  I've read all the stuff about keeping your mind strong and things you can do to help.  I suppose I could do more but maybe I forget to.  Who knows.  At least I can write about it here.  One incident happened sometime before Christmas (can't remember exactly when).  I was at the post office when a young girl came in and requested a package for her grandmother who was a neighbor of mine.  As soon as she said the name I remembered her name from preschool.  When I asked if that was her she was immediately surprised that I remembered her.  We chatted for a couple minutes but I know I made an impression on her and myself.  How could I remember such a thing when I don't recall stuff that happened yesterday?  Anyway that will always amaze me as it did with my mother-in-law who told us the same old stories over and over and swore it was the first time she ever told anyone.  Even as I sat here writing this it crossed my mind that I wrote a blog on it before, but I couldn't remember how to get to that list of all my previous blogs.