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| Fruit on my papaya tree eaten by the birds |
A Positive Twist
Looking at the good small moments that are simply special and important. These moments come up all the time. Thinking of a warm cup of tea or a breakfast outside or just a joke that makes you laugh.
I remember waking up early, my friend Christopher in the blow up bed, and me in my own bed which is an oasis for dreams as I sleep. I open my eyes slowly sit up and stretch. It is early morning about 7:00 am and I am just awakening.
I slowly pull the blind back to look at the trees for birds. I see out through the window two Social Flycatchers land.
“Hey Christopher come see these birds.”
“Do you know what these birds are?” I question
“You’re close” I say,
“But those are Social Flycatchers.”
“Oh” he said
I went on to show him the difference between the two birds in their color and their calls.
I then got down off my bed and opened the other curtain on my right just a little bit to let in some light. I walk to the bathroom and brush my hair then walk over to my dresser to get my clothes I quickly get dressed and so does Christopher and we both head down for breakfast.
As we open the door of my room my mom is walking by to go downstairs.
“Good morning boys.” she says
“Good morning mom.” I reply
We walk down the stairs and into the kitchen were my dad is cooking breakfast and heating up pancakes.
When everything is ready we go to the sliding door to eat in the backyard and as we go I see that two hibiscuses have bloomed on the plant.
“Wow look there are two.” I say
We eat the pancakes with delicious maple syrup drizzled all over them and help ourselves to fruit from a plate laid out in front of us by my mom.
As we ate the great food I looked to my right
“Christopher look at the hummingbird” I say pointing to the little bird with its ever moving wings.
“Oh yeah!” he replied enthusiastically.
We just watched as the little bird drank from the hibiscus flew up a bit hovered and zoomed away quickly in search of another nectar rich flower.
I appreciated everything around me the nature the shade casted upon us from the papaya tree, birds chirping loudly, the crystalline drops of due drizzled on the grass, the fresh morning air.
I looked around and saw everything clearly just as it was simple, yet complex at the same time.
“Are you happy to have maple syrup Christopher?”
“Yes I sure am!”
One more simple, positive thing to add to the list I say to myself.
Eric your story was so good and I specially liked how you described the birds flying around the house. I love the metaphor you used when you said that your bed was a oasis for dreams. I loved that you were able to get the picture of the half eaten papaya fruit and that makes the memoir even better.I loved the dialog in your memoir and that you showed not tell that you felt happy. Excellent, natural, happy, and descriptive are all word to describe your memoir.
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