What is Nostalgia? Is it the feeling that creeps over you when you visit the place you grew up in? Is it the collection of thoughts that run over your mind when you find old photographs and videotapes? Is it the homesickness for a home that you cannot go back to because it now exists only in your memory?
Nostalgia is the bittersweet feeling of being caught between all that was and all that is now. There are often nights where we sit by the window, looking at the stars in the sky while the moon shines on us as we reminisce. Memories come racing to our minds. We start remembering the details; the laughter, the cries, the conversations and the silence.
Looking back at photographs, all I can think of is “Where’d all the time go?” I remember the day I held onto the door frame and stood up on my legs for the first time and now here I am, with responsibilities and goals to accomplish. Childhood nostalgia always takes us back to the most beautiful days of our lives. Every time I come across pictures of me as a baby, my twenty-four barbie dolls or songs that I would secretly dance to in my room as a five-year-old, I can't help but laugh with joy.
I've realized that most of our childhood is stored, not in photographs but in the cream of biscuits, the swings in the parks, the smell of food cooked by our mothers and the stuffed animals that some of us still sleep with.
When I think of nostalgia, I remember the games my friends and I would play when we were kids. I remember walking with my friends along the corridors at school with our arms around one another. I remember my grandmother’s cooked food. I remember the music from the 2000s era. I remember the cartoons and movies I watched with awe. I remember the raspberry ice lollies and I remember the giggles and happiness. Time flies fast and these memories will forever be precious stories locked in our hearts. Sometimes I wish I could go back in time, not to change anything but to relive all the nostalgia!
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