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When I think back to this moment, I remember all the soft murmurs that together created a high volume singular screech, the colorful cloud of different tones engulfing the children bodies and the trembling feet on the differently leveled ground. The warmth of the many figures present was comparable to the warmth of the sun on a summer day in mid-July. I felt so familiar to these circumstances. The music was exhilarating. I felt like we were a group, yet so individual. My pounding heart knew that this would be once again another nerve-racking moment. Fortunately, I had the possibility of sharing a significant moment like this with my fellow classmates. It is unusual to think of an ever-upcoming separation between you and the people you grew up with throughout your entire childhood. The typical touches to an occlusion like this were all present. The music existed of Dutch Christmas songs, which would be interrupted by our singing voices. All of us sang, whether you had a good singing voice or did not, no one felt the need to judge one another. I like to remind myself of my childhood experiences. My childhood felt like the safest place in my life span yet. There was hardly ever something to worry about. What we did in our learning time of this jovial moment was to socially connect, which was something not intended but is something that just happened. I never had to be insecure about the things I am now. I felt loved, because I was surrounded by all my school friends. We stood in front of an audience and no one minded what anyone thought of them. All we did is try to entertain them and attend to the end of our journey together in a pleasurable and memorable manner. The way I now put my hand in the air when I want to ask or answer a q...
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...e picture and I were as close as Monday and Tuesday. I still love them, even though I have not been surrounded by their pleasant personalities for 4 years now. The memories remain walking through my head and they always will. I will remember the joy I saw through some of the children’s sparkling spectacles and the gladness of the children playing soccer on the grass field. The memories of this moment that I captured in my mind bring up certain emotions in me. I miss the coziness, the love and the way we all laughed over an idiotic joke. I have never seen my friends again, but maybe it’s good to have the ability to live a beautiful dream, instead of having the possibility of creating a change in our overall relationship. Little girls grow up, but I have not been the only one. Everyone changes over the years, just like a caterpillar changes to a beautiful butterfly.
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There was no lawn, but there were four flower planters. The house was painted all white, with the exception of the front door that was painted light green. My grandfather was still young, strong, and full of life, he always had time to play with his grandchildren. Every Sunday he would take us to the park, would buy us ice cream, and take us to Sunday mass. On the day when this picture was taken, we were celebrating my 10th birthday, and I was dancing with my grandfather. I cannot remember the song, but I do remember what he told me while dancing slowly. He said “My little girl” how he used to call me,” in five years you won’t be a little girl, you will become a young lady.” At that moment I could not understand what he meant, but in my mind I was saying “grandpa I will always be your little girl.” While dancing, he made me a promise, “My little girl on your 15th birthday, I will dance the first song with you.” Who would know that he was going to die on my 15th birthday year, he passed away on June 21th, 1987 on Father’s Day. He left me with so many beautiful memories, but the most important was my first dance on my 10th birthday. On the night before my 15th birthday, I went to bed around 10 p.m. I was feeling depressed, because I was only thinking of the promise that my grandfather had made in the past. A promise that in my mind was not going to
... thought that maybe we won’t be friends or even know each other in the future. Unexpectedly, we all had these feelings of fondness for a place we a come to despise and couldn’t wait to leave. Why would that happen to us? We all realized that in this moment we’re growing up but are far from “grown up.” Suddenly, there is a flash of light and in that moment I knew that the three of us would be separated for the rest of the day, maybe our lives. The flash brought everything back. It gave us a reason to go back into the hallway and meaninglessly chat with our friends. After we left that room we were still sharing a moment together but in a different sort of way. The picture was there and we had superficial thoughts but the graduation was so much more. It marked a major time in our lives and sent us off into the future. No longer were we the next generation because we were being sent off into the grown up world. Would we all still be appreciated? How is the world going to receive three naive girls who don’t know anything? All these questions were to be asked and to be forgotten because we got caught up in the moment. The picture marks that time in our past and an important time it was.
Ever since I could remember, I have spent Christmas at my grandmother’s house, a house which is full of comfort, warmth, and happiness. At Christmas, I have always been able to escape the cold and dark real world allowing myself to truly enjoy just several moments in time. These moments have left impressionable memories from my childhood making Christmas a holiday that is special to me and my family. It is a time for my family to get together, share stories, laugh, and even cry.