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Stephane's avatar

Bonjour Val,

As i have to go for a scary blood draw tomorrow ( at least for me) your piece reminds me a childhood memory.

When i was about five years old a nurse came into the house family for making to myself an injection probably a vaccin. I remember my fear was so high that i can help but frantically running to try to escape the "villain" nurse but no way and i ended up fainting.

My mum to comfort me bought me a pastry i am not sure maybe it was a "pain au chocolat". A simple act but she found this day something to kind of protect me.

Tomorrow even though i am an adult it will be the same i know i am going to inescapably faint but i will treat myself a pastry to rediscover this sort of comfort.

Am i always a child ? If yes i am happy to be one !

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Gilda Orrù's avatar

I often worry that I'm going to loose memories I'm very fond of, I get annoyed when I realise some directions and street names in London are fading away. I find myself speaking with people I used to be close to when I was young and they remember our chats. I don't. I have chunks of my life I simply don't remember, including big parts of relationships. I really need to start writing it all down more often!

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