This Saturday evening, I sat in my driveway with my aunt, sister, and dad as we talked about life and enjoyed one another’s company. As my family talked amongst themselves I found myself admiring how beautiful the evening was. I noted how the sunset bathed my lawn in a golden light, and how the shadows from the trees stretched over my driveway, shielding my family and me from the sun’s rays. I could hear the faint calls of chickadees in the distance, as well as the ring of my young neighbor’s laughter across the street as she chased a friend around her yard. A feeling of nostalgia and peacefulness washed over me then, as the evening had reminded me of warm autumn evenings when I was a kid, when I felt safe and happy and the world seemed to be perfect. Sitting with those I loved only amplified this feeling, and I felt like the evening transported the four of us back in time to when the world seemed much simpler.
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