I'm Jessica. Eighteen and taking in everything. I never have enough time in a day. I can't stand waiting, but yet, I do it every single day for one reason or another. I have dream big and have high expectations. I love shoes, fashion, and sushi. But even more than those, I love Liz Ruhnke and Tony White. My life is far from interesting, but these are the little pieces that I believe are.
Assignment: To deliver a 2-3 minute message sharing an item of importance.
Have you ever wished to be able to stay young forever? To be able to suspend yourself in the time period when the world revolved around Barbie dolls and red, plastic Tonka trucks, when you still felt guilty after being scolded by mom for sneaking a warm chocolate chip cookie before you ate dinner, and when dad came to the rescue when you fell off your new training-wheels free bike? It’s the times like those that I miss most about my childhood. Spending quality time with my family, especially my dad. My father passed away close to a year ago, and there is nothing that I wouldn’t give to be able to spend more carefree times with him like the one in this painting.
This watercolor painting was given to my father as a gift by my cousin Lynn. It was actually painted by a local artist named Tony Mastino. This painting is especially significant to me because my father and I had a great relationship and this painting depicts just that. The original photograph was taken at Lake Thurmond on August 15th, the day of my 6th birthday party. I specifically remember this day because not only did my sister knock over all of my cupcakes, but also because I purposely didn’t listen my mom and swam too far out. Of course, the person to come rescue me is my dad… and moments later, this picture was taken by my mom. Not being an only child, I am the only one with a painting like this one in our home and my dad really cherished it. It is currently hanging in our living room and at times, it is hard to look at it because I can’t help but wish to have more times like these. Times when I still needed him to do my hair, pick out my clothes, give me a Disney princess bandaid, secretly buy me a bag of Skittles, and hold my hand. So as cheesy and cliché as this may sound, in the words of Alphaville, I really wish I could be, forever young.
Grade: 45 out of 50
