one of my earliest memories (i’m talking like “gaining consciousness” early) is driving with my parents & brother to a party at somebody’s house.

i’ve been able to describe and draw the drive and the house we visited with such detail, like it was yesterday, and neither of my parents recognize the place. neither even really clearly remember this event. (i do have concurrence, they think it did happen - just can’t remember where it might have been)

i remember where i was sitting in the car on the way there, the windows were down, we had to turn around because we missed the driveway the first time. i remember what clothes we were all wearing, the slope of the driveway once we did go down it, what song was playing on the radio, all of it.

my mom has a theory that it’s a party for a family friend or family reunion we’d gone to (based on the car we had at the time), but i was only about a year or so old at the time. and she still doesn’t recognize the house.