Blink of an eye ?

At a moment, you are a child. Riding your bike and sliding down in the neighborhood street, a fear is squeezing your stomach out because of the speed your going. As you reach the end of the street, you are now a teenager, looking at the neighborhood for one last time, to turn around to the pickup holding all your home’s belongings and it is time to leave !

The new house has an orange tree, it is beautiful, but nothing feels like the touch of pomegranates at your childhood home. One morning you were sitting on the swing in the garden and the door bill rings, you open the door and there’s your mother coming back from the shop and she got you clothes. Today is the day you have to run to college and in a blink of an eye, you’re now wearing your graduation dress and it’s the end of your education journey…

But let’s stop time for a moment, was it really in a blink of an eye ?

Home held the scent and memories of your late father, the hundreds of stories he told and the first book he gave you. The laughter on the roof, while eating watermelons in the hot summer nights.

Your high school teaching you some tough lessons about friendships and independence, by the end you could have never imagined how strong you are, being an outcast for sure ! The pain of feeling different, not belonging in any group, still makes your heart heavy. And, well in college, you slowly learned why the strength you gained was needed. The sleepless nights to reach your dreams. The nights you cried at the sound of your heart breaking for your imaginary little love story, the understanding of human nature… it all built a different you !

You closed your laptop, it’s the afternoon and you need to get back home from work. You’re in your thirties and the journey of after you graduated ? Well it wasn’t in a blink of an eye either, but that’s a story for another time !