on {not} forgetting

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i left her at the corner.  and as i turned to walk home, i remembered it was the corner of my youth.  i would turn to walk away and head down the tree lined street to my grandma's house.  but this time there weren't as many trees.  i turned back to look.  just like when i was a little girl.  i could almost see her smile in the fading light.  i walked on a bit and shuddered inside.  i thought just for a second that i never wanted to forget those feelings i had as a girl.  the stories we would make up about wolves hiding in the shadows.  how we would watch out for each other the whole way home.  looking back.  then running forward.  i wanted to just hug those memories in my today life.  walking down the street i realized that even though the time is gone.  and the girl from my childhood is all grown up.  i could sit down right there in the middle of that country road and live those memories just like i was a child again.  and i'm so lucky that i have them all stored up for the quiet times.  the few minutes it takes to get from the corner to my grandma's house.

STOP

i went out on a limb and took this five minute writing challenge.  i have a feeling i'm going to get sucked in.  i love the idea of writing with reckless abandon and checking the self-edit button at the door.  the subject was...on forgetting.  interesting thought going into memorial day weekend.  xoxo