Captured Moments
Can you remember the last time you were truly happy? So
happy that nobody and nothing could do anything to dampen your mood?
Today my girls and I had one of those moments. We were
beyond happy, I tell you! We were jumping around all over the place and taking
pictures of every little stupid thing we were doing! I swear if any sane person
had seen us then, they would have thought we had lost our minds.
That actually reminded me of the time when my girls and I made
our own little language in high school. We called it our “Multilingual-Uhlanganisa-neAfrikaans”
language. It was a medley of English, Afrikaans, SiSwati and Pedi, and trusts
me when I say it was past retarded! I’m actually laughing about it now as I think
about it because I remember at some point we were walking in town speaking it,
and I’m sure we got a couple of odd looks, but we didn’t give a rats’ bottom! We
were simply enjoying being young, wild and free, and there was nobody and
nothing that was going to change that!
There are so many similar moments that I can recall, past
and present that I had with my girls that I will never ever forget. I bet you
one day when we are all older, we will reminisce on them and laugh at how
stupidly insane we were. But most importantly, we’ll reminisce on how happy we
were.
People are always saying money cannot buy happiness, which
is very true. The best thing I can say I’ll ever be able to own, are my
memories. The memories I make with those I value are not something I’m going to
forget, ever. Time may pass, people may change; situations too, but memories
won’t.
I have experienced
everything from heartache, to fear and even pure joy. I’ve loved and I’ve lost,
I’ve learnt and I’ve grown, and each one of those memories has moulded me into
the lovely lady I am today. I owe each and every shred of who I am to them. Because
the reality is, whether it’s a sad or happy memory, I’ll still look back on it
and think of it as a contribution to whom I am now, and whom I am still to
become.
I’ll be turning 21 in a couple of months, and I think I’ll
be rightfully able to call myself a woman, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to
change who I am. I’ll forever be young at heart and I’m still going to be
capturing each and every moment of it, that’s what it is. I’m still going to
make mistakes and I’m still going to keep growing, it’s all part of the
beautiful gift we call life.
It’s true, money will never buy me happiness, but it will
help me create memories that I will treasure for a lifetime. And if there is no
money, I’ll still have my friend’s, and we’ll keep on making memories, no
matter what…
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