Blogging isn't for everyone and we're likely to find that I'm notably ill-suited. Being both private and laconic doesn't lend itself well to putting events and thoughts in the public forum. Knowing this of myself I expect I'll often play off Emily posts; as you'll find we are very different when it comes to privacy and our abilities to talk over topics.
One thing I've learned from her is how important repetition is to learning. Following our marriage she began preparing herself to say the "long goodbye" as she was sure I was rutted for Alzheimer's. She'd refer to something we had done the previous week or a conversation we had the previous month and my mind would be blank. But, as our marriage went on, my memory gradually improved and now, thanks to her, I recall information that even she's forgotten. The experiences of the past are fresh in my mind.
How did it happen? Well, thanks to Emily's understanding of the importance of repetition, I hear of conversations or events no less than 3 times. By the third time they're in my head to stay.
For example... say something peculiar happens while Emily and her sister are at choir practice. Before coming home they talk through the event from all angles making sure it's clear in their heads. This generally happens in front of her sisters house while dropping her off. My first exposure happens shortly after she arrives home and calls another sister, sister-in-law or mom to recount the event. During this call comments will be made that shed light on the matter and Emily calls back sister #1 to share the new thoughts (my second exposure).
After finishing the call with sister #1 she is good enough to give me a private screening to the event with all insights from the previous calls (exposure #3).
By this time I can recall the story completely and it's in my head to stay. Of course, having limited gray matter, I may need to squeeze out my study of the nations founding or the cure to cancer to make room but I'd likely forget that stuff in a matter of days anyway.
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