I miss the feeling of nostalgia being created.
Staticky TVs playing on 8 but sounding like 80 at 3 in the morning as I stay up past my bedtime. Sitting down on the couch with my mac and cheese and chicken nuggets to watch scooby Doo. Reading a book for the first time to discover my lifetime favorite author. Watching a movie for the first time to discover my favorite actor or director.
Holding my grandparents, or them holding me, because I can’t hold them anymore and that nostalgia is a painful one. My uncle b showing up out of the blue every six months or so to call me his little monkey and agitate us all with how loud he was. My boyfriends mom coming into the living room at 5 am to see me still awake and offering to hang out with me for a little bit and talk to help me get some sleep. My highschool teachers getting together book bags of blankets, food and anything I might need.
The funny thing is, we never feel that feeling anymore once we’ve started to grow up- we just kind of place it on a good moment and hope it sticks when we tell the story later on. But really, nostalgia is safety. It’s comfort and kindness that nobody thinks about providing you, it just happens.
I miss it.