November 2, 2018
"Write about a moment in your life you wish you could freeze and preserve."
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Strange, is it not, to presume that there would be only one moment that you wish to freeze and preserve? For as we grow and change, so does what we want to remember, as a kid maybe balloons were our favourite memory, as a school going child, maybe it was the first friend we made or the first time we scored the top marks in the class. Adolescence would bring its own set - first crush, first love, first...there are so many first which at sixteen we would desperately want to cling to.
The twenties usher in a new set of memories - first salary cheque, a commitment to love and relationship, maybe motherhood or fatherhood, first home, the first steps of your child and subsequently the firsts of each of your children.
Thirties bring you to a slightly jaded outlook of life, where your firsts diminish and memories are lost in the grunt of everyday life. Forties perk you up, if you overcome the depression of mid-life crises though your children and their lives continue to be your priority.
From the fifties onward, it is downhill, as all your life is a trip down the memory lane, with wistfulness ruling your thoughts.
In this ever changing perspective of life and living, how can we decide which particular moment to freeze especially when your life is a culmination of all such moments that ones you remember, the ones forgotten, the ones you wish to forget and the ones you can never recall.
So which moment should I freeze?
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Word count - 255
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