Hello dear readers.
I thought it would be fun to start a new tradition. Flashback Thursday!
On the last Thursday of each month, I’ll post something from my past. A story I wrote when I was 10, a philosophy paper from college, poetry, whatever feels appropriate for that month.
I’ll post the entire writing, unedited, raw, errors and all. Then, I’ll wrap up the post with a personal reflection.
So, to kick off Flashback Thursday, I thought I’d go back, back to 1994. I would have been around 9 years old, in second grade. I hope you enjoy!
Blackberry Farm
Mrs. Redaction’s class went to Blackberry Farm for a field trip. The time was 8:45 am. I saw a pelican. Me and samantha where waiting for the train. We saw babby chicks. The train ride was fun. The pelicans where pretty colers. The babby chicks where aways chipping.
I saw a pelican. It was walking. It eats fish. It is prety. I Live the pelican.
Me and samantha where waitting for the train. It was different from a real trian. The trian tonnel was big. The trian was fun.
We saw babby chicks. where very small. The babby chicks awas chirpped. They are yellow. The babby chicks are cute.
Are class whent to Blackberry Farm. We saw a pelican. We saw a trian. We saw babby chicks. I like Blackberry Farm. I wish we could go back to Blackberry farm!
I love it! I could not spell baby correctly to save my life, and did you see how I spelled train correctly the first time, but then got it wrong the rest of the time. Ah, 9 year old me, lol.
I unfortunately don’t remember this trip, or most of my childhood for that matter. But it sounds like Samantha and I had a lot of fun. I wonder if we were friends? In fact, I ended up pulling out my old yearbook from that year and looked her up. I thought I would see her face and it would trigger something, but nope. I wish I could remember her. I bet she was a lot of fun to hang out with. I mentioned her 3 times in the writing, so she was important to me.
Reading this really made me wish I could recall the memory. Remember what the place smelled like, how the pelican sounded, if the baby chicks squeaked as they walked. What Samantha and I talked about, what we got up to. Did we follow the baby chicks? That sounds like something I would do. Follow them to see where they are going. Waddle behind them, lol.
Reading this was fun and a little bittersweet. That said, I’m happy I dug it out. It allowed me to take a peek into my past self. I hope you enjoy this monthly tradition. Posting an old writing on the last Thursday of every month.
Stay safe everyone!
Lily Lulonut
Lily Lulonut 
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