I also can remember major and minor events from over the years (going far back) and what the weather was on those particular days. It drives my husband crazy when he recalls something and I say, “Oh right, I remember that day – it was so humid.”

I also remember phone numbers from a million years ago. I’ve been married for 19 years and have lived in 7 homes during that time and still remember our first phone number and the fact that it shared the last four digits of my mom’s phone number at the time. Strange and useless, that skill is.

The other thing that I (and I think most moms do) is figure out the date that things happened by remembering the age my children were at that point in time. Or if it was before or after we had kids, or were married, or whatever. I can figure out almost any event’s date in that context.

And my mad skill is having a sharp eye. When I got my engagement ring sized, they gave it back and the diamonds were off. I told three different people that it was messed up before they finally pulled out their eyeglass thing and were all “It IS! How did you see that?” and I was all, it wasn’t a straight line, yo.

Or something. I probably didn’t say “yo” but I can guarantee that there was an exasperated sigh and a big eye roll.

I swear I could cure cancer or broker world peace if I could use that brain space differently.