[Jamestown1630]

I have always been curious about the apparently random and inconsequential things that somehow stick in the memory. I always figure that there’s some reason why I remember, say, a particular bird flying from a particular tree when I was about ten years old; and other very prosaic memories for which no reason that would cause them to stick in memory seems apparent.

Maybe something else important happened at the time, and I only remember the bird; or maybe everything we experience and observe really does have meaning - we just don’t consciously grasp it all.

[Blue Jays]

"...stick in the memory..."

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Absolutely agree. I similarly have (what I consider) to be inconsequential memories from many decades ago when I was a toddler. Other relatives have confirmed them as accurate.

For example, I recall being maybe two years old and flight attendants playing with me on a flight...back when my dad dressed in jacket & tie and my mom in a beautiful dress...to fly.

My folks said the attendants were laughing because I was smiling the whole time. I clearly recall them goofing around with me and making me laugh. There is no *real* reason that I should remember that fleeting experience.