Old+Memories

It’s so hard to believe that time passes by so quickly. Not so long ago, I could still see myself jumping up and down trying to reach that cereal box in that particular market. Not so long ago, I would grab everything I wanted and asked that my grandparents would pay for it and hopefully let me take it home to munch on. Not so long ago, I would touch everything in the supermarket isles and all the cookies, candies, chips, and everything in between would fall onto the floor. Yet, I would smile and act as if I done nothing wrong, that it is perfectly normal to have those employees pick up after my mess. Not so long ago, I would see something I like and asked that my mom would buy it for me. If she didn’t I would just sit myself down and not get up until she bought it. Not so long ago my grandparents and my mom would take me to seaport and my sister and I would eat our ice-cream. I would cry that I dropped it or that I finished mine before my sister and she had ice-cream while mine was already eaten. Not so long ago my uncle would teach me the math I didn’t understand. Not so long ago I would tag along while my uncles were dating their wives. Not so long ago I found the Bronx zoo’s Christmas lights so fascinating while I was visiting with my uncles. Not so long ago I would wonder if the sharks in the Aquarium would come out and eat me while I was pondering against the glass that separated me from them. Not so long ago my dad took me every now and then to shopping. Not so long my grandparents and my mom would take me to the park and let us play with the snow that created a white blanket for the floor. Not so long ago I wondered why the grass was so green in Central Park and why the ocean was so blue in Florida. Not so long ago I always enjoyed being the little princess and thought the Cinderella really existed in our materialistic world. Not so long ago I didn’t know that while I was playing, eating, sleeping and having fun others were suffering with basic needs. Not so long ago I wondered who made the wonders of Disney World. Not so long ago I wished I had a tail and was a mermaid. Not so long ago I wished I could wear a dress everyday. Not so long ago I loved taking pictures. Not so long ago I would hear and watch Chinese operas with my grandpa. Not so long ago my great-grandpa would take my sister and I to eat pizza. Not so long ago my grandparents and my great- grandpa would take my sister and I to drink morning tea every morning in that same restaurant. Not so long I was naïve.