Now and Then

Some things will never change. No matter how much time passes by, there are certain bonds that will consistently forever stay the same, and only grow with the years. I had a pleasant surprise visit me this last few days, my cousin and other half, Rachelle. Since we were babies we have been tight as can be. Possibly the only friend I've kept from childhood. There was only three girl cousins in the family, and the rest were all boys. Jenn was a lot older than us, so it was me and Rachelle that were super close. We played everything together, took baths together, had hundreds of sleep-overs, played dress-up, laughed together, annoyed the boys together, we just did everything together. In time, we started to no longer dress the same, and get the signature haircuts. Our true identities, and inner beings started to reveal themselves as we experienced life in our own ways. We were becoming our own person. Although we were apart, we still kept each other close to our hearts. I hadn't spent time with her in ages. This last weekend was very special to me. Both of us our encountering the peaks of our adolescence, and facing reality and the struggles that come with it. 

For the first time ever, me and Rachelle cried together. Although we've built so many cherishable memories, it was there on the floor, holding each other tightly, that out shines all the rest. It doesn't matter what or who we've become, to each other we are still that little girl we used to play house with. I looked in her eyes and re-lived my childhood. I got to feel a part of me that I thought was lost with the new that replaced it. It was still there, dusty but alive, deep in my memory where I had left it. My innocence may not exist in it's once vibrant colors, but the ever glowing memory shines in my heart, where I will keep it forever. The memories we make will last forever, the good, or the bad. We still played dress-up, we still had slumber parties, we still annoyed the boys, we still laughed together, but this time, we remembered together. After all, there's a kid in all of us.