Snapshot Moment Memoir A Perfect Day By: Alexis Godfrey

It was a perfect day, the wind blowing gently through our hair, the relaxing scent of rain and fresh cut grass, an autumn day so very, very perfect. We climbed to the top of the hill, racing and playing simple little games. When we reached the top we fell to the ground in complete exhaustion, and then one by one we flew down the hill. Rolling one way and then the other, rolling down the hill like racecars on a track. When we finally reached the bottom we laughed, laughed at our childish ways. We were dizzy; it felt as if the world was spinning right in front of our faces. We all fell over in our dizziness, but not once did we stop laughing.

Then out of nowhere some more of our friends came to join in, our friend’s Skylar and Kristian to be exact. We all laid on the grass using our backpacks for pillows and protection. We watched the gray clouds form overhead, seeming as though they were putting our little city in a cage, trapping everyone inside, and the rain falling in a slow yet somehow happy rhythm. We giggled and smiled as each, of the little raindrops hit our faces, and as we attempted to catch the pure rain drops falling. We talked and talked and talked until we were soaked to the bone. As we got cold we decided it was probably time to go.

We trampled along through the wet soggy grass making loud “slosh slosh” sounds with each and every step. We sang songs we had learned many years ago in grade school sitting in desks that are a fourth of the size of us now. We walked to Carl’s Jr. and ate food we ate a lot of food. It seemed as though we were never going to get full. We had nearly ten hamburgers. We left as the restaurant seemed to overflow with customers coming from every entrance of the store, ordering their food and laughing at us “youngsters” being free. We then we went back to our dearest friend Orenda’s house, we watched Pokémon for a while, and then slept on her floor. We all separated around six o’clock for it was time for every one of us to return to the drain of life. Doing chores, and worrying about school.

September 9, 2008 was one of the best days of my life. A day when I completely forgot about all of the worries in my life and the world, a day to relieve all of your stress, and make you feel care free, no stress, no worries, and definitely no problems. Definitely something I won’t forget anytime in the near or far future. Days like this really make me appreciate the life I have, and the friends that I have to fulfill the empty space in it, make me want to go on living to have many more moments I have with the people I care about most.