answer:The first thing that came to mind was seeing my father receive his Ph.D. from Boston University. He shared the platform with a young Martin Luther King, Jr., who received his Ph.D. from B.U. that night, and John Kennedy, who was awarded an honorary doctorate. Other people remember them, but I remember sitting with my mother and seeing my father hooded onstage. To me he was the only important person there. Both my parents are gone now. There is actually a large number of memories of which I am now the sole custodian, memories involving my parents and/or grandparents. Being the eldest child, I was a part of many occasions and experiences that my younger siblings weren’t there for or don’t recall.