Mike Hettwer Photography - Documentary, Archaeology and Dinosaur
826CHI Volunteer Photo Book: My World Project - Part 1: A MEMORY
A MEMORY, Photo by Jimena Castorena Story by Rose Black
My brother was wearing that old camouflage cap, my sister was proudly wearing her favorite Limited Too shirt; and me, I was in my brother’s old Michael Jordan jersey. We were sitting at the kitchen counter, all between the ages of seven and eleven. My mom took the picture after a long walk home on a Thursday in May, seven months after my youngest brother was born and we were first faced with the responsibility of finishing our homework alone on that counter while Mom took care of the baby.
We three did nothing close to homework. Instead, we spent the time talking about weird teachers, eating everything we weren’t supposed to, and becoming human punching bags for one another.
As I looked out the window and at the photograph in my hands, I knew that it captured the best days of my childhood—and now I could see it all again, right in front of me.
My brother was wearing that old camouflage cap, my sister was proudly wearing her favorite Limited Too shirt; and me, I was in my brother’s old Michael Jordan jersey. We were sitting at the kitchen counter, all between the ages of seven and eleven. My mom took the picture after a long walk home on a Thursday in May, seven months after my youngest brother was born and we were first faced with the responsibility of finishing our homework alone on that counter while Mom took care of the baby.
We three did nothing close to homework. Instead, we spent the time talking about weird teachers, eating everything we weren’t supposed to, and becoming human punching bags for one another.
As I looked out the window and at the photograph in my hands, I knew that it captured the best days of my childhood—and now I could see it all again, right in front of me.
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