this, I declare a memory

One single drop of fluid sat as a perfectly rounded blob on the surface of my iPad, directly on top of the word "fornix" - an efferent pathway projecting out of the hippocampus to targets involved in the formation of declarative memories (the type that requires a "conscious effort for acquisition"). I am thinking, as I stare at the tiny dark lines magnified by this single drop of fluid, how many times I've brushed away at similar drops before and hastily proceeded with my studies. I actually can't remember, but I'm sure I have on numerous occasions. But this time, I caught my hand just as it reached out (seemingly reflexively). In that single isolated moment, this drop caught my attention. I peered down at it and noticed the rainbow light pattern, and the lines, and realized then (slowly) how this single drop magnified something more than just the letter "f" in fornix. It magnified all the seemingly mundane (but truly wondrous) moments such as this that I subconsciously choose to move past.

You may be wondering what on earth makes me think that such a seemingly insignificant moment is worth pausing for, pondering over, and writing a blogpost on (especially considering how I've had little motivation to raise my fingers to the keyboard in this way). 

It is because this moment marks the 25th of February 2023, a day that is marked by many things (most precious being: meeting my friend's mother and family who hosted us so beautifully and generously today). This moment is a marker of this specific day- to it I have attached all these other memories. When I read this post again in some months, I will remember the marvel of that moment as I noticed this small drop on my tablet, and how this made me pause and consider this and all the moments that made and marked the 25th of February. This, I declare a memory worth documenting.