It only takes seconds to forget where you came from and remember how you came to be who you are, but it only takes seconds for something to trigger a memory so strong you remember the exact place and time it happened.
It was my 7th birthday and at this time in my life I was falling deeper and deeper into my imagination choosing the pretend world over the real one. My parents where struggling with money and we where scraping by as it was, so when my birthday came, I expected nothing special but hoping for the world!
We had a small party, nothing to wild, maybe a cake and my grandma, and even I know at that time, I had no friends to invite anyways. So expecting something practical and boring, my father comes down the hall, with a round shaped present. I remember thinking just for a second.." Wow!" As I pulled back the paper I uncovered this pink fluffy mound...pulling paper and stripping tape, I unveil this...Pig.
Me and Wilbur spent an amazing life together. He became the only person to hear my secrets and dreams. He held my tears, and my laughs. He was always a true friend to me, and never expected anything in return.
Even when I was 7 I understood the importance of what my parents had given me. I could see it in their eyes the weeks leading up to my birthday. A hurtful burden for a 7-year old but I learned how to understand and deal with things like that and because of it I hope I am a better person.
So today, when I got home from work, which was full of the routine, mundane and annoying I find Wilbur, on my bed, with a not from my 8-year old niece. The note reads:
From Katie:To YouI found HimI love youI love her, and I love him and I love that I still have a sliver of my childhood still in me.
1 comments:
When I was a kid, my most preicous thing came to my mind was my yellow blanket. I used to carry around me all the time even going to school with it. I miss my Yellow blanket
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