>> ARON: WHEN MY MOTHER WAS 20, SHE WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO WITNESS HER COUNTRY GAIN ITS INDEPENDENCE.

THAT IS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPERIENCE THAT MOST HUMAN BEINGS WILL NEVER GET TO HAVE, AND IF YOU ASK MY MOTHER WHERE SHE WAS WHEN SHE HEARD THAT MONUMENTAL NEWS SHE'LL TELL YOU, "SHE DOESN’T REMEMBER."

MY MOTHER REMEMBERS EVERY TIME I PEED MY BED OR FAILED A TEST, BUT SHE DOESN’T REMEMBER THE DAY OUR PEOPLE GAINED INDEPENDENCE.

NOW, I'M NOT TELLING YOU THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE I WANT TO EMBARRASS MY MOTHER; I DO THAT WHENEVER I WANT.

I'M TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE HISTORY DOES NOT DOCUMENT ITSELF.

WE ARE LIVING IN INTERESTING TIMES, TIMES SEEMINGLY UNHEARD OF, AND WHILE JOURNALISTS AND MODERN HISTORIANS ARE WORKING TO DOCUMENT WHAT'S HAPPENING, THEY AREN'T FOCUSED ON HOW YOU'RE FEELING OR WHAT YOUR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE LOOKS LIKE AT THIS MOMENT.

SO YOU NEED TO STEP UP AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN!

OTHERWISE, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO REMEMBER DECADES LATER WHAT YOU WERE DOING WHEN THE WORLD CHANGED.

AND EVEN WORSE, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO TELL YOUR HANDSOME SON WHAT IT WAS LIKE.

IMAGINE IF YOUR MOTHER SAW THE WRIGHT BROTHERS INVENT AIR TRAVEL, OR THE FIRST TIME MUHAMMAD ALI BOXED, OR THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL.

NOW IMAGINE IF SHE SAW ANY OF THOSE THINGS AND JUST FORGOT ABOUT IT.

NOW REALIZE THAT COULD BE YOU.

ANY MOMENT COULD BE A MASSIVE HISTORICAL MOMENT AND THE ONLY GOOD WAY TO BE PREPARED FOR IT IS TO DOCUMENT YOUR LIFE.

TAKE PICTURES.

START A DIARY.

HECK, MAKE SOME CAVE PAINTINGS.

I DON'T CARE.

JUST MAKE IT A NORMAL PART OF YOUR LIFE.

BECAUSE I CAN'T TELL YOU THINGS ARE GOING TO SETTLE DOWN, BUT I CAN TELL YOU YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO REMEMBER WHERE YOU WERE WHEN THEY HAPPENED.

SO IF YOU'RE SEEING THIS, PLEASE DOCUMENT YOUR HISTORY, AND, MOM, IF YOU'RE SEEING -THIS, I DIDN'T FORGET.

IT'S JUST A DAY LATE, BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY.