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Why is it We Only Make Note of First Times

‘I’ll never forget the first time I……” Even as I type this my wife was telling her mom a first time story herself. It seems we hang on those firsts. “I’ll never forget the first time…” We talk a lot about firsts, don’t we. There are pictures we take and stories we tell about them. News makers are often the first to do something. Our parents watch our firsts and celebrate them. Firsts are a benchmark of accomplishment and of...