I still remember the first phone number I ever memorized. I was six. I have no idea why it stuck.

Maybe I do now.

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It’s just seven digits. 244 meant Burien. South King County. Dad made me memorize it at six. I never forgot it and never dial it. But when I call Dad today, he answers.

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