2.28.2013

a question

someone asked me this question a few weeks ago and I haven't been able to stop mulling it over. so I wrote about it.

+ in a subway station in berlin with music from an electric guitar floating through the air and the rumble of the city beneath my feet

+ when I came home from a trip and my siblings screamed and hugged me so tight there was no breath left in me and the tears just came out of nowhere and spilled over as the crickets chirped their song

+ reaching the the summit of a mesa after spending all morning climbing it and even though it was only seven hundred feet high, I stood at the very edge and I swore I was on top of the world

+ getting up early and catching the train for the first time by myself, then showing the conductor my ticket when he walked through and even though tons of kids my age travel alone all the time I felt strangely grown up and powerful

+ sitting on a bench in front of the eiffel tower and crying

+ standing in the cold ocean, letting the current suck at my feet and knock the breath out of me

+ stargazing with my best friends in the middle of the road, the sky velvety black and the concrete warm from the day's heat

+ being carefree and forgetting about the future and acting like a little kid and not caring about anything except the present

cct

17 comments:

  1. AnnaKate28 February 2013 at 23:08

    this brought back so many good memories.

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  2. Elisha28 February 2013 at 23:09

    Mhm, I felt this way last week during my play. :)

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  3. Madison28 February 2013 at 23:21

    Wow this is powerful. Yes. I love this.

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  4. Alexxus K. Farmer28 February 2013 at 23:27

    the little moments are the ones that matter the most. :)

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  5. Unknown28 February 2013 at 23:38

    awesome memories, carlotta. this is such a great idea. xx

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  6. Hope28 February 2013 at 23:45

    You do such a great job of bringing up old, wonderful memories, Carlotta. Love this post to bits!

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  7. Unknown1 March 2013 at 00:01

    These memories sound so fun and happy!! :) I love memories. <3 xxx

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  8. Unknown1 March 2013 at 00:54

    these are all such wonderful memories... I want to jump inside them, they sound amazing.

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  9. Rebecca1 March 2013 at 03:44

    I am lucky to be able to relate to a few of these.:)

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  10. Jenn Noelle1 March 2013 at 06:22

    stahp. this is beautiful. seriously though, gee we don't even think about how much it's those little unexpected and under-appreciated moments that stick with us. gorgeous, girl.

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  11. megan kristine1 March 2013 at 16:10

    These are such beautiful memories. Makes me think of my favorites, too.

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  12. Abbie1 March 2013 at 16:45

    what makes me feel alive is walking barefoot around the streets of my town, playing my heart out on our 100-year old piano, and photographing sunsets.

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  13. Neeley1 March 2013 at 19:03

    Oh Carlotta. This is the best thing I've read in a while. I can so relate.

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  14. Daniela1 March 2013 at 21:46

    Gah. This is beautiful. Seriously. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Memories are the greatest, aren't they?
    xx

    p.s. Thank you for this. I was the one who asked. (:

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  15. Zoé2 March 2013 at 02:20

    beautiful. so beautiful. xx

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  16. Antonia3 March 2013 at 22:46

    This is beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

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  17. Sarah Umhau16 July 2013 at 02:21

    ^^^ Awesome moments. Wonderful memories. :)
    xx
    Sarah
    http://afreemindsw.blogspot.com/

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