Where Are My Bookmarks |verified| File

It didn't exist.

I checked Chrome. Firefox. Edge (why do I even have Edge?). I checked my work laptop, my phone, my old tablet that takes ten minutes to boot up. I searched "bookmarks" in every cloud drive. I whispered to Alexa, "Where are my bookmarks?" She played a song by The Beatles. where are my bookmarks

I searched my downloads. Nothing. I searched my trash. Nothing. I even searched my physical desk drawer, as if the URL might have fallen out of the screen and onto a Post-it note. It didn't exist

Then I remembered: last week, I had "cleaned up" my bookmarks. I had created a new system. A beautiful, logical system of nested folders. Edge (why do I even have Edge

I smiled, closed the laptop, and slept like a log. The next morning, I opened my browser. Ready. Caffeinated. Victorious.