Five minutes

There a site called Reverb 10 that gives bloggers prompts for every day this month to reflect on the year 2010. Here's the one for December 15 (even though it's already December 16 here): "5 Minutes Imagine you will completely lose your memory of 2010 in five minutes. Set an alarm for five minutes and capture the things you most want to remember about 2010. (Author: Patti Digh)"

I'll admit that I've been thinking about this for well over 5 minutes. I've actually been sitting here trying to remember everything that happened this year and what really stands out. The problem is that I've always been more of a visual creature so when I try to conjure up these memories, I picture certain days or feelings I may have had. Most of the things I most want to remember about 2010 involve events or random moments in time that I can't really put into words.