I jumped into my memory looking for an answer. I thought it would be right there.

It wasn’t.

So I started digging further into my thoughts.

I passed birthdays I thought I’d forgotten, old phone numbers that apparently still live there, and a song I haven’t heard in thirty years.

I kept going.

It got darker the farther in I went.

There were boxes I don’t remember packing.

A few things marked IMPORTANT that clearly weren’t.

And then there were spiderwebs.

Gosh.

I think that’s where the answer might be.

Some things go there automatically when they’re not important enough to keep nearby.

Apparently, the last movie that made me cry is one of them.

I could keep looking.

But there’s a spider.

Now I’m crying.