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\"When<\/a>In the four years since this post first appeared on Down the Gravel Road, memory issues at the Philo house have only gotten worse. So much worse that this Fantastic Friday’s muffin mystery is one I don’t even remember. Which is why it’s worth solving a second time.<\/em><\/p>\n

This morning, I was up bright and early. At 6:15 I left the house to walk, my back exercises, Bible study, and breakfast already completed. Ten minutes later, my phone rang.<\/p>\n

By the time I fished it out of my pocket and untangled the iPod ear buds wrapped around it, and I inadvertently pressing several buttons, the caller gave up. The screen said it had been Hiram, so I tried to call back. But somehow I hit the mute button and had to hang up. Eventually he called back, and after explaining I really hadn\u2019t hung up on him twice, he remembered why he called in the first place. Which is a miracle in itself, as the rest of the story proves.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid you put muffins in the microwave<\/a> this morning?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d I answered, and then added. \u201cAnd I ate them. For breakfast.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay,\u201d he said. \u201cSo these in the microwave are mine?\u201d<\/p>\n

I pondered the question for a moment.
\nI didn\u2019t remember<\/em> putting more muffins in the microwave.
\nBut the older I get, the more I forget what I\u2019ve really done.
\nThe older I get, the more I confuse what I only considered doing with what I actually did. And the older I get, the more reality seems like a day dream and the more my day dreams feel like reality.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when I realized Hiram and I have been married for a long time, and he\u2019s rubbing off on me. As my internal dialogue confirms, though I have spent the last 35 years pulling him out of the anti-memory-time-and-space vortex where he lives, growing older is gradually sucking me into it with him. My days as household memory queen are numbered. Maybe even over already.<\/p>\n

Hesitatingly, I answered. \u201cI don\u2019t think I would put a second set of muffins in the microwave. And my stomach feels full, so I ate mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay.\u201d His voice remained cheerful and unperturbed. \u201cThey must be mine. I just don\u2019t remember putting them there.\u201d<\/p>\n

I laughed. \u201cWe\u2019re pathetic.\u201d<\/p>\n

He agreed, and we both hung up. I slipped the phone back in my pocket and felt something long and stringy wrap around it. I pulled the phone out again, along with a tangle of iPod ear buds.<\/p>\n

Where in the world did those come from? <\/em>I wondered. Then I stuffed them in my pocket and walked down the road cheerful and unperturbed.<\/p>\n

Just like my husband.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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