{"id":5315,"date":"2019-02-06T14:58:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T20:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=5315"},"modified":"2019-02-06T14:58:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T20:58:21","slug":"excerpt-from-a-thing-that-istarted-but-might-never-finish-well-see-yall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2019\/02\/06\/excerpt-from-a-thing-that-istarted-but-might-never-finish-well-see-yall\/","title":{"rendered":"excerpt from a thing that i&#8217;started but might never finish we&#8217;ll see y&#8217;all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At three years old, love came to me in the form of a security blanket; Bun Bun I named it, always carrying its bunny ears in my tiny balled up fists. It had my name monogrammed on its heart, or at least that&#8217;s what my mother told me. My eyes that were just a little too big for my face couldn&#8217;t formulate letters into words yet, so I just took my mother&#8217;s word as truth because I loved it. That wouldn&#8217;t be the last time I did that; blindly put faith in things or people I loved. Love left when my red-roofed house ignited with one swift lightning bolt. All that was found in the rubble was my sister&#8217;s copy of\u00a0<em>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer&#8217;s\u00a0Stone\u00a0<\/em>and a severely charred copy of my mom&#8217;s favorite Christmas movie.\u00a0 My name was lost within licks of flames, crushed into nothing but ashes. Three year olds rebound quickly, therefore my first heartbreak didn&#8217;t sting for too long.<\/p>\n<p>Love visited again at five, not too long after the last. I had a pink tut that I was given. It was the embodiment of me in a piece of clothing; pink, sparkly, made of tulle. I wore it every day; to school, birthday parties, outside with friends. So many holes were shred into it, but I wore it despite that, despite the flaws. My mom couldn&#8217;t stand to see me adorning something so tattered. She threw it away. That heartbreak hurt a little more, but again, nothing unbearable. I got new clothes, and my world was right again.<\/p>\n<p>Infatuation took over love&#8217;s place for a while. My attention was focused on small things and people for years and years; boys I was convinced I&#8217;d marry in the fourth grade, fads I fell obsessed with, exotic animals I was\u00a0<em>destined\u00a0<\/em>to own. The typical trials and tribulations of elementary school. These were all just quick bursts of what I assumed was love, but wasn&#8217;t mature enough to realize wasn&#8217;t. I never wish I realized then it wasn&#8217;t love though. Having a sense of false &#8220;love&#8221; when\u00a0 you&#8217;re young is better than nothing. There&#8217;s things to look forward to and excited for. Being self-aware at the ripe age of ten doesn&#8217;t bode well, especially when your near future of high school is overflowing with that as well. Ignorance is bliss. Being in love and ignorant is a luxury. You only get that a handful of times.<\/p>\n<p>\/\/ woah the end! haha I&#8217;m for sure NOT done with that, but that&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve conjured up so far. Hope you guys eNjOyEd!!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At three years old, love came to me in the form of a security blanket; Bun Bun I named it, always carrying its bunny ears in my tiny balled up fists. It had my name monogrammed on its heart, or at least that&#8217;s what my mother told me. My eyes that were just a little &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2019\/02\/06\/excerpt-from-a-thing-that-istarted-but-might-never-finish-well-see-yall\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;excerpt from a thing that i&#8217;started but might never finish we&#8217;ll see y&#8217;all&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5315"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5318,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5315\/revisions\/5318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}