I Must Have Forgotten

Episode 19: Hayrides and the Blizzard at Dawn

Episode 19: Hayrides and the Blizzard at Dawn Being in a vulnerable place can draw all kinds of people toward you: the helpers, the opportunists, and the ones who simply recognize the ache you're carrying. Junior year put me in a position to relearn a lesson I already knew, even if I'd rather not have had to. In the middle of it all, I collected a handful of moments, some funny, some empowering, that have stayed with me ever since. And it gifted me with mental images I'll hold forever. ----- If you've ever wondered whether the small moments of your life matter — they do. Right now is one of them. ----- Explore Beth’s creative archive, including I Must Have Forgotten and True Crime BnB, at linktr.ee/bethpods [http://linktr.ee/bethpods]

Episode 18; Bass Clef and Other Heavy Things

There are seasons when the things we choose, the new commitments, the challenges, the hustle and bustle, are really just ways of protecting delicate parts of ourselves we’re not ready to examine...to confront. In my junior year, I leapt into something new that felt big and important, and that carried me for a while. It gave me a place to put my energy, and maybe even my heart. But eventually, I had to stop running long enough to face what was actually true. ----- If you've ever wondered whether the small moments of your life matter — they do. Right now is one of them. ----- Explore Beth’s creative archive, including I Must Have Forgotten and True Crime BnB, at linktr.ee/bethpods [http://linktr.ee/bethpods]

Episode 17; Mean Boys and the Bathroom Cake

Episode 17: Mean Boys and the Bathroom Cake Growing up means learning how to belong, when to let people in, when to hold your ground, and how to recognize, and inhabit, moments that mark a beginning... or an end. My sixteenth birthday was the culmination of a nearly perfect year, and a milestone that showed me I was exactly where I was supposed to be. ----- If you've ever wondered whether the small moments of your life matter — they do. Right now is one of them. ----- Explore Beth’s creative archive, including I Must Have Forgotten and True Crime BnB, at linktr.ee/bethpods [http://linktr.ee/bethpods]

Episode 16: Paperbacks and Prom

Episode 16: Paperbacks and Prom Tenth grade is, in every sense, a crossroads. Some of us chase new interests, some of us take on responsibilities we never wanted, and some of us learn, with shock and sorrow, that life isn’t as certain as we once believed. My own tenth‑grade year held all of that: a loss that reshaped the ground beneath us, a night I had dared to dream about, and squeaky creepers we could hear but never quite see. ----- If you've ever wondered whether the small moments of your life matter — they do. Right now is one of them. ----- Explore Beth’s creative archive, including I Must Have Forgotten and True Crime BnB, at linktr.ee/bethpods [http://linktr.ee/bethpods]

Episode 15: Our Crime Syndicate Induction

Episode 15: Our Crime Syndicate Induction The day we felt like we were officially part of the whole came before sunrise, in strange places, stumbling through a dance we didn't know the steps to. It was mortifying. It was embarrassing. And maybe it didn't carry the profound meaning we thought it did, but it became part of our history. Part of our lore. Part of who we were becoming. And we wouldn't have missed it for anything. ----- If you've ever wondered whether the small moments of your life matter — they do. Right now is one of them. ----- Explore Beth’s creative archive, including I Must Have Forgotten and True Crime BnB, at linktr.ee/bethpods [http://linktr.ee/bethpods]