Unforgettable Childhood Memories

Like most of you, I have a lot of unforgettable memories from my childhood. This makes it very hard for me to decide on a particular memory. So, due to a recent event, I decided to dedicate this speech to someone I hold very dear in my heart.

I had a cousin. Her name was Fiona Elisa. As children, we were really close. We would have sleepovers and play Barbie dolls together. We even had matching outfits. Even though she was two years older than me, she always treated me with respect. Her mom works as a nurse at a nearby hospital, so when she has to work over time, Fiona would stay over at my house.

One day, this was when my baby sister was just born and I was six I think, Fiona had one of her regular stay over’s. My mom had to prepare lunch so she asked the both of us to look after my baby sister. The thing was, at that point, I disliked my baby sister because she was stealing the entire spotlight from me. Then she started to cry. Annoyed, I shushed her by hitting her lightly with a small pillow. Fiona saw that and she immediately ran to the kitchen to rat me out. Needless to say, I was devoured by my mom that day. I was so mad at her; I gave her the silent treatment. But alas, she made peace with me by offering to share her chocolate. Yes, I was really easy to please.

Like typical girly girls, we loved dressing up in fancy clothes and wearing makeup. This is why we often joined beauty pageants together. Every time we entered a competition together, she would always be one rank higher than me. Although it hurts my childhood ego to say this, to be frank, she definitely had better looks compared to me. But we didn’t really care about winning, we just wanted to dress up and wear makeup. We also liked the adrenaline rush you get when standing on a stage in front of a crowd. We were little girls easily mesmerized by fame and glory.

Sadly, as we grew older, we got caught up in our busy lives respectively. We rarely spent time together but every time there was a family gathering, we would bring our coffee mugs to our own little corner and just simply talk and catch up. Unfortunately, about three weeks ago, she passed away. She was 23 years old. Although she’s gone now, the memories we had will always be a fond reminder of the happy childhood that we shared.