I Remember…

1. I remember my Mom crying. I don’t know why- I was eating Starburst’s in the back seat of her Ford.
2. I remember standing on the playground of my Pre-School, Oakwood, and being able to smell the garlic and yeast of my Dad’s bakery.
3. I remember coming home to mounds of things at the end of my bed my Mom had collected from my disaster of a room- this happened often.
4. I remember my Mom and sisters leaving for Washington D.C for my Uncle’s promotion and how it was my 5^th I was so mad, I never let them forget it.
5. I remember listening to that one song with that drum solo by Phil Collins.
6. I remember getting so mad at my cousins and aunts for calling me “Phia”.
7. I remember having a crush on a boy named Gabe, he would write me notes but I would throw them away. I wish I would’ve read them.
8. I remember my music teacher telling me I would never work in fashion just because I liked “Project Runway”. If only she saw me now.