Never Shall I Forget

We first read Elie's words in Chapter 3 which illustrated how that first night in Auschwitz affected him....to the point that he would "never forget"...

Never shall I forget that night,
the first night in camp,
which has turned my life into one long night,
seven times cursed and seven times sealed.
Never shall I forget that smoke.
Never shall I forget the little faces of the children,
whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.
Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever.
Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me,
for all eternity,
of the desire to live.
Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul
and turned my dreams to dust.
Never shall I forget these things,
even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself.
Never.

I asked you to begin thinking about an event in your life that has shaped you...something that you "never shall forget"....Now is the time to begin putting th words on paper.... what will you never forget?

Here is something from me:

Never shall I forget that highway that led me back “home”,
the highway I drove every 4 weeks for six months, the highway
which turned my childhood memories into my refuge, my salvation.
Never shall I forget each time I left him, never knowing if it would be my last.

Never shall I forget the way he struggled to recognize me each time I walked through his door
and how he repeated things over and over as I fought to hide my tears.
Never shall I forget those days that he was mean and hateful, a completely different person inhabiting an old familiar body.

Never shall I forget the look on her face as she pleaded with him to cooperate; pleaded with him to remember her.

Never shall I forget those moments which we share those last six months, moments I would not trade for anything in the world; yet moments that constantly reminded me of what I was losing.

And never shall I forget the day we turned the machines off and he left us for good although Alzheimer’s had stolen him away from us long before.
Never shall I forget.