Well, I'm pretty young - 16 - and I'm trying to write down most of the memories I've got now while they're still clear, so that when I'm older I can remember them well.
When I was really young, I mostly remember my brother and I just having fun. He's 2 years older than me, and he's leaving for college in 2 weeks, which is just killing me. There was this huge tree on the corner of our street, and we'd almost kill ourselves trying to get to the top. There was a newspaper or something caught in one of the branches - and our goal was always to get up to it. Eventually, the guy who the tree belonged to cut off the branches so we wouldn't climb it (and kill ourselves in the process), but that never stopped us from trying. =P
I remember a lot of things with my old dog, Rusty. We had to rehome him 2 years ago (he is now being spoiled rotten by Alaskayorkie and his family
), but I got him when I was 6 and we did everything together. If I was catching lightening bugs with my brother, Rusty would be running around eating them haha. We'd go on walks all over the place. I remember when he got attacked by a pitbull. I was probably 8 years old. I was right around the corner from my house and this...jerk...who lived on the corner of the street sicked his dog on Rusty. Some nice old guy who was walking by got the dog off of him.
My first best friend, Shane, and I had SO much fun together. He'd always call me his "princess" haha. He moved when we were 7 and I've never heard from him
, though my parents occasionally run into his mom.
and my best friends since then, Jess and Emily, and I have all kinds of memories, of course.
I almost kinda wish I could go back to then. as excited as I am for the future, I'm also kind of nervous and things are changing a lot, and sometimes I just wish that I could go back to when I was 8 and didn't have anything to care about.