Beautifully written. There’s that hint of contradiction between being overwhelmed by the memories and being happy when the said person puts their arms around the writer.
“Confronted by memories that don’t ever end” – that’s my favorite line. Well done!

Thanks!
Yeah, that little bit of a conflict was what I wanted to have come across.

I find myself always coming back to this particular piece of work and reading it again and again.
It is definitely one of my favorites.

Thanks, I look back on it rather frequently, hard to imagine it being a favorite though.

I like the contradiction/confliction.