I have a terrible memory. Ninety-nine percent of my childhood that I know of is purely from stories and old photographs.
They said: you used to love climbing trees and could stay up there all day.
Well, my grandparents did own a lychee farm so that seems plausible.
They said: you had a best friend who would give you free ice cream from his mother’s shop.
I do love ice cream. Maybe that’s why I liked him?
They said: you had a lovely teacher who couldn’t bear to waking you up from nap time and helped you tie your shoes.
Even now, sleep mostly still loves me and I refuse to tie my shoelaces when they come undone.
They handed me crinkled, laminated pictures with no real answers to my questions:
Who was that shirtless boy (No, he was not Ice Cream Boy) standing next to me?
What was I wearing (Those frills were a sight to behold)?
When did I ever go there?
Where did those toys go?
How did our preschool class performance (I was a bee!) win second out of all the different grades?
I might never know if those stories were true or not. I might never know the answers to my queries. I might never know. But that’s okay. I’ll just appreciate the these moments in the present a teeny bit more.
Love, February~💛
P.S., that pixie cut should not be attempted again, future bea.
Ahhh are my memories memories, or memories of memories, or memories of something I was told once. And the one that always messes me up: memory or dream? Why that happens more and more often, I don’t know.
… I was gonna keep going but then this got Maroon 5’s Memories stuck in my head and truth be told I don’t WANT that stuck in my head so now I’m annoyed…
I felt the same about my young self’s pixie cut ~ but I’ve spent the last several years of my life with lovely short hair. Don’t close yourself off to pixies.
This is a lovely story by the by, thank you for sharing Bae ~
bea
February 4, 2020 at 4:05 PM
I have a terrible memory. Ninety-nine percent of my childhood that I know of is purely from stories and old photographs.
They said: you used to love climbing trees and could stay up there all day.
Well, my grandparents did own a lychee farm so that seems plausible.
They said: you had a best friend who would give you free ice cream from his mother’s shop.
I do love ice cream. Maybe that’s why I liked him?
They said: you had a lovely teacher who couldn’t bear to waking you up from nap time and helped you tie your shoes.
Even now, sleep mostly still loves me and I refuse to tie my shoelaces when they come undone.
They handed me crinkled, laminated pictures with no real answers to my questions:
Who was that shirtless boy (No, he was not Ice Cream Boy) standing next to me?
What was I wearing (Those frills were a sight to behold)?
When did I ever go there?
Where did those toys go?
How did our preschool class performance (I was a bee!) win second out of all the different grades?
I might never know if those stories were true or not. I might never know the answers to my queries. I might never know. But that’s okay. I’ll just appreciate the these moments in the present a teeny bit more.
Love, February~💛
P.S., that pixie cut should not be attempted again, future bea.
bea
February 4, 2020 at 4:05 PM
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egads aka Dame Maggie
February 4, 2020 at 4:07 PM
I bet pixie cut bea was cute as a bug’s ear.
do bugs have ears?
bea
February 4, 2020 at 4:59 PM
😊😆
they do…right?
egads aka Dame Maggie
February 4, 2020 at 5:03 PM
apparently, katydids have their ears on their knees
https://www.knowablemagazine.org/article/living-world/2018/how-do-insects-hear
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
February 4, 2020 at 6:02 PM
No, they’d go deaf from their own buzzing.
theTINYL
February 4, 2020 at 4:08 PM
You had an Ice Cream Boy?! Darn. Shoulda held tightly on to that one.
bea
February 4, 2020 at 5:00 PM
I know!! How could I forget him?!?! I will go back and find him one day. Mark my words.
Rumi~
February 4, 2020 at 5:27 PM
You’re collecting boys – ice-cream 🍦, lacrosse 🥍 & shirtless ones. Perfect for a flower boys sequel 😂
13infamyss
February 4, 2020 at 8:39 PM
uhmm at some point the lacrosse boy would have taken off his shirt too right while on the field carrying his big stick?? perspiring and all.
theTINYL
February 5, 2020 at 4:55 AM
Oh, balls!
bea
February 5, 2020 at 4:14 PM
@thetinyl TINYFDKJLSAJKFADSJKAFDSL;FSDL;KADFS
13infamyss
February 4, 2020 at 8:43 PM
bea
February 5, 2020 at 3:57 AM
Famy, noooooooooooooo
Bebe | Nessa❣️
February 4, 2020 at 4:15 PM
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Bebe | Nessa❣️
February 4, 2020 at 4:16 PM
Awww this is such an ADORABLE story, @bea
Thank you for sharing 🥰🥰🥰
bea
February 4, 2020 at 5:00 PM
Thank you for reading~~🥰
RenOIshi
February 4, 2020 at 4:40 PM
Cute! Just like you 🥰
bea
February 4, 2020 at 5:02 PM
Ahhh, stop blushing, cheeks!
I do think that my internet godmum passed on the cuteness gene…..hehe
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 4, 2020 at 5:10 PM
Ahhh are my memories memories, or memories of memories, or memories of something I was told once. And the one that always messes me up: memory or dream? Why that happens more and more often, I don’t know.
bea
February 4, 2020 at 5:21 PM
memories can be your memory’s memories or memories of memories while still being memories of others’ memories. and be dreams.
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 4, 2020 at 5:47 PM
and also dreams of dreams of memories
bea
February 4, 2020 at 5:51 PM
going off of that, don’t forget the memories of dreams of memories
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 5, 2020 at 2:13 AM
… I was gonna keep going but then this got Maroon 5’s Memories stuck in my head and truth be told I don’t WANT that stuck in my head so now I’m annoyed…
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 4, 2020 at 5:11 PM
Also, ofc you were a bee
bea
February 4, 2020 at 5:23 PM
😅
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
February 4, 2020 at 6:04 PM
I felt the same about my young self’s pixie cut ~ but I’ve spent the last several years of my life with lovely short hair. Don’t close yourself off to pixies.
This is a lovely story by the by, thank you for sharing Bae ~
bea
February 4, 2020 at 6:19 PM
I love short hair! I also want to get a bob one day. I’ll just leave pixie cuts in the past lol
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
February 4, 2020 at 6:32 PM
Short hair is only one pair of scissors away…
Cori
February 5, 2020 at 12:05 PM
This is so cute, bea! Thank you for sharing 😄
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ ✨🍊💫 ~
February 5, 2020 at 1:29 PM
Cute! Thanks for sharing.