My Lost Orchard

1997
When I look back in reflection of that summer, the summer that changed my life I see many things. I see the ways I grew and the ways I changed, the ways my life turned into something completely different than what I had planned for myself. I think about the simplicity of all that came before and I am happy for all that was left behind. That summer I learned about life, and how life is filled with adventure and moments that make you want to scream and cry and dance around a room all that the same time. My life was never the same after that summer and it will never be again. In only a few short months I learned how to love, how to open my heart to someone other than my parents, to let them see me and to let myself see others. That summer I learned what happiness really meant. And for me, it meant him.