My son, Charlie, says he doesn’t know which season he likes better — summer or fall. He loves the lazy, school-free summer days but also loves the weather, foliage, and sports of fall.

I, too, love the cool, autumn days, the spectacular New England foliage, and the return of Patriots football, Celtics basketball, and watching my son play Little League.

But I’m no fool:

Summer is best of all.

I can’t begin to imagine what Charlie is thinking.

In the spirit of the joy of summer, I have a tradition at the end of every summer that I have been wrapping up this week:

Moments of Note.

In addition to Homework for Life, I collect “Moments of Note” throughout the summer — things we did as a family that are worth remembering.

This year, our list includes:

• An anniversary weekend spent in NYC by Elysha and me, where we saw John Krasinski in a solo show and spent time visiting The Met, MOMA, and a fantastic French restaurant
• 32 rounds of golf with my friends, including Jeff, Gary, Dan, Tom, Chris, Rob, Troy, and Freddy
• Lionel’s four-day visit from Israel
• The family attends a Paul Simon concert
• Clara’s college tours of Dean College and SUNY Purchase
• Matt and Elysha attend Jill’s wedding
• Matt and Elysha attend two shows at TheaterWorks
• The family sees “The Fantastic Four” movie
• Charlie attends band camp
• Matt and Elysha attend Jackie’s retirement party
• Dinner with David and Shera
• Dinner with Ellen and Keith
• Clara and Charlie’s first Moth StorySLAM in Boston
• Railfanning with Charlie in MA
• My MDRT speech to 6,000 people in Miami
• Matt and Charlie attend a Styx concert
• A day spent at the Museum of Broadway, dinner with Clara’s camp friends, and seeing the Stranger Things play on Broadway
• Charlie and I playing golf together
• A long walk with Bengi
• My business trips to Victoria, Canada, Toronto, Miami, Washington, DC, Cleveland, and Chicago
• Our trip to NYC to see “John Proctor is the Villain” on Broadway
• Clkara and I seeing “Superman” and “Weapons”
• Stories told at a Frog Pond in Massachusetts
• The Great Hartford Story Slam
• Our vacation to Montreal and Quebec City
• Clara’s three weeks spent at Camp Akleela
• Charlie’s week at Scout camp
• Hundreds of hours spent at Winding Trails, including Last Blast and the fireworks show

Many other things, too.

A summer can go by in the blink of an eye. Don’t allow that to happen to you. If you had a glorious summer like my family did, or even an above-average summer, take a moment and create a list of things you did.

You don’t want the summer of 2025 to be a forgotten, distant memory in a year or two.

Holding onto our memories, and therefore our lives, is what storytellers do.