What's a memory(or person)that has stuck with you for as long as you can remember and why?

[Parkus]

Whether it's a sad or happy memory, it doesn't matter, just something(or someone) that's just stuck with you for a long while and every now and then you think about it/them.

For context before I say my bit, I have spastic diplegia cerebral palsy, which affects the way I walk. I don’t remember exactly when this happened, my mind just says, “It was a long time ago” but I recall going to church with my grandparents. While we were there, a lady approached us and told me she kept me in her prayers because she noticed my condition.

This memory has always stuck with me, even though she’s obviously forgotten about me by now. The only reason it stays in the back of my head is because, every now and then, when I do something that feels wrong, I think back to her. Knowing that she cared about me and held concern for my well-being and it makes me feel disappointed in myself whenever I mess up in some way because it sort of feels as if I'm letting her down.

 

[Odeon]

Back in the day i was in an academy, and the biggest stoner randomly walked up to me. Without skipping a beat he said "i figured out what's wrong with you, odeon. You overthink everything". And he walked away, leaving me flabbergasted. Years later i went on a shroom trip myself and suddenly it came back to me. And he was right