First Time — Again

: When she returns to her husband through time travel, she is younger, but they no longer share the same memories.

For many, the desire to experience something for the "first time again" is rooted in a wish to reclaim joy or correct a past mistake. First Time Again

In the short story by Tim Maly, a woman uses a "Machine" to transcend time and death. However, this triumph of science creates a "first time again" that is deeply haunting. : When she returns to her husband through

: The husband reflects that "time changed people," and because the machine removed the linear nature of life, they were no longer "meant to live like this". she is younger