Wednesday, January 21, 2004
I suck
Tonight I went dress shopping with Mona for the Masquerade Ball (which I found, and it's beautiful), and since we were hungry we went to the food court. I didn't want to spill crap on this scarf that I always wear; long strands of reds and purples and teals; all vibrant and beautiful and intertwined; so I took it off and put it on the chair next to me. Stupid me, though, forgot to pick it back up.
So the scarf is gone. I went back to look for it, and (big fucking surprise) it wasn't there. Fuck. That scarf was a gift to me slightly over a year ago when Dad died. Nikki handed me a box; surrounding the scarf and a note saying "whenever you feel down and need a hug, wear this, close your eyes, and picture me holding you." And now it's fucking gone. I wear that scarf every day so every day I get my hug from Nikki and every day I miss my dad. I feel like slowly and surely I'm going to lose all my mementos of him, and that's the most terrifying idea I can think of. I know he'll always live in my heart and in my memories, but it doesn't seem the same without these little tokens that prove that he was once alive and breathing and... with me. Even as I type this, I'm wearing his sweater and wearing his jeans. One day I will grow out of these clothes. One day I'm going to be careless enough to lose the ring he gave me from Denmark; three little swans chisled in silver; one looking back to the past, one looking at me in the present, and one looking forward into the future. I've promised myself I'd never lose this ring since it is so irreplaceable, but knowing my luck and my stupidity I'm probably going to, just as I have done with the scarf. That was pretty fucking irreplaceable too. I don't want to lose him, and I don't want to lose my every-day hugs.
8:48 PM
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