Simplicity and change as a child

I esteem finding that frontmost rock. We were digging in the woods behind my house. The entire neighborhood Alec, Julien, Westley, Blake, Nathaniel, and I. It was a giant pink quartz, the size of a grapefruit. The creases were packed with dirt. Chipping external at the frostbitten ground in November, we began finding much and more rocks a sm altogether white crystal, a green gem, a slab of mica, coral, and fossils. We forthwith had a fairly large pile of artifacts in the shoebox under my bed.I would go and look through them, thinking I had found the biggest appreciate in the world. I look on Nathaniel saying how wed all be millionaires and the two brothers fighting over what wed spend in on. Did we unavoidableness a pool for the neighborhood? A new PlayStation? The possibilities were endless, but wed be famous any mode, the kids that discovered it all When we had excavated the prevail of the rocks, we looked them over to peck out the dirt that had plastered itself into all the cracks and holes. We decided to keep it a secret, a dusty cardboard box hidden under all the other old school work under my mattress.I reckon sawing back and forth against the plywood. Our swing was going to be amazing. My arm was sensitive and salty sweat speckled my lip. Summer sun is the most adamantine heat, dry and merciless. I remember the metallic jingling in our pockets of the coins we had scrounged from the rubble drawer. We bought some red paint and metal hooks from the hardware chisel in downtown. I remember the kind chuckle the cashier gave us, a gang of kids counting out all our quarters and dimes. I remember the unfathomable tries it took to throw the ropes over the outstretched arm of that pine tree. I remember the refreshing rush of air, and not feeling solid ground on my calloused and dirty bare feet. I remember years later, beholding the swing livenessless and dangling, a paint chipping, rope rotting, rust septic memory.I remember the numbness, watery eyes, and stuffy nose. I remember the way snowflakes looked through the orange light of the street lamp. Let the battle begin. We travel behind the wall of our castle. Westley, Nathaniel, and I, verse all. Packing the snow together with rigid mittens I took an iceball to the lip. I remember the strength it took not to cry. The war began to guide down I remember leaning back and falling into the tender snow and watching my breaths turn into soft clouds against the piercing black sky. I remember snowflakes on my eyelashes we were all going to be friends forever.I remember the day Julien moved away. I remember the day Westely started middle school. I remember the day Alec didnt trust to come play football. I remember the day Nathaniel had too much homework to go outside. I remember the day I realized the unforgiving nature of duration, the inevitability of change, and the pricelessness of simplicity.Everyone gets the, deplete fun now, cause it wont last forever kid from a sassy grandparent who you dont want to believe. Sure, nothing can last forever, but Ive got plenty of time to be a kid. The memories of simplicity that I hold onto so virtually are the things that I appreciate most. They are what construct the skeleton that the layers and complications of my life cling to. Every day I feel how precious it is to have modesty, clarity, and sincerity. I remember simplicity.