writing exercise 1
Monday 4:06 PM Labor Day 2008
Before I left California to go to college in Boston, I started realizing just how much my dad was going to miss me. In the days just prior to my flight he was always giving what seemed at the time to be extremely irrelevant and trivial information. It really hit me when we were leaving church and he told me to make sure I always used lotion on my knees and elbows.
I hadn’t given much thought on whether or not I was going to miss my parents. I spent a lot of time thinking about how I would miss the beach, the weather, my friends, my school, my cat, Shugar, who might as well have been my soul mate. But I did not think about my parents. Suddenly I was overwhelmed with mixed feelings. Why was I moving so far away? Why had I spent four years waiting for this time? Why did I suddenly feel compelled to stay home and crawl into bed? I hate writing in past tense.
Before I left California to go to college in Boston, I started realizing just how much my dad was going to miss me. In the days just prior to my flight he was always giving what seemed at the time to be extremely irrelevant and trivial information. It really hit me when we were leaving church and he told me to make sure I always used lotion on my knees and elbows.
I hadn’t given much thought on whether or not I was going to miss my parents. I spent a lot of time thinking about how I would miss the beach, the weather, my friends, my school, my cat, Shugar, who might as well have been my soul mate. But I did not think about my parents. Suddenly I was overwhelmed with mixed feelings. Why was I moving so far away? Why had I spent four years waiting for this time? Why did I suddenly feel compelled to stay home and crawl into bed? I hate writing in past tense.