Music
Almost everyone has a song tied to their arrival. Here is why — and what readers have told us.
The first winter, in music
The first winter has its own soundtrack: what you play on headphones between a cold bus stop and a warm classroom becomes, years later, the fastest way back to that time. Music fixes memories the way photographs do.
Your stories
We are collecting them: the song that carried you through the first months, and the story that goes with it. Send us yours — the best answers will appear in a follow-up piece.