Friends are great. Whether you're just hanging out or helping each other out with a problem, friends can always be counted on. Spending long nights talking and eating and sharing stories are some of the best memories I have with my friends. We would all camp out in my living room, eating and sitting by the fire sharing stories. Sometimes we would play video games or watching our favorite shows, every time we got together it was an adventure. The usual group consisted of me, Corbin, Kyle Jeremiah, and Hayley. We would cause trouble by day and by night be relaxing in my living room, talking about the day and laughing.
One night I remember was a particularly snowy and nasty night. We were out all day and we were tired, so everyone just crashed at my place. We had just sat down and my friends were all tired and sore from walking all day. We had been sitting for a while and then Hayley suggested we play truth or dare. We weren't sure but we decided why not, so we started to play. Hayley started out and the questions were fairly tame. It was do you like anyone, have you ever had a gay experience, things like that.
As the questions went on I looked around the room and I smiled. I felt so at home with these people and I felt so content in that moment. These people were there for me, and I was there for them. that meant a lot to me and I loved them to death. Unfortunately things do change, people move on or move back, as it were. Even though my friends and I don't really talk anymore I still really love the memories we made together and I'll remember them for the rest of my life.
This was just a minor flashbulb memory that popped into my head but it means the world to me so I wanted to share it.
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I really like how you captured the idea of a fond fleeting memory! There's definitely some things I look back on and appreciate because they really helped create my personality even if I didn't know it at the time. I do wish you'd added more details though and maybe dived deeper into how you felt about your friends. It might've made a really interesting story if you showed how those relationships changed and grew with time. Otherwise great work! I got a really nostalgic feeling reading your piece.
ReplyDeleteI feel where you're coming from about everything changing and people moving on. I too have taken a fond memory and written about before in my life. But, I now look at it more with sadness than I do fondess, because I realized at that time we were all already growing apart. I wish I could have seen more of that emotion in your memoir. Just the reflection how the changes made you feel. I love the description of feeling at home with them, and I think the memory is beautiful, I just want to see more of it and feel more of you in it.
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