Third Letter Prompt

Dear friend,
Have I ever told you how beautiful landscape is? It would impossible to describe it, but I’ll try. Let’s first start out towards the end of the year, autumn. The leaves start to turn colors, just before they fall. Each year the leaves turn different types of colors. My favorite years are when the leaves turn a dark red color. Now don’t get me wrong, when the leaves turn a golden yellow color they are pretty to, but nothing compared to the dark red color. That color is so perfect, it cannot be found anywhere else besides on the leaves, in autumn just before they fall. So I guess it wouldn’t be the landscape that I love, but a color. A color that can make me feel infinite and free. A simple joy in the world that is made by nature.
The second landscape that is beautiful and almost impossible to describe, would be spring time just before summer. The trees and leaves are a perfect green. I guess in this case it wouldn’t be the landscape I love, but another color. This green is like the dark red, it cannot be found anywhere else, but during it’s time. The color makes everything else look perfect, like a perfect neighborhood, or a perfect park. Without the green everything would look normal and dry lacking character. Seeing the green makes me happy and joyful. The green makes me appreciate life and nature. It makes all the worries disappear. It shows how something so simple in thought can be a master piece in art and what feelings it can bring.


Glory days. O yes glory days. I believed I have lived a portion of my glory days, and hopefully will finish those glory days in the future. When I was living my gory days, it didn’t seem like I was living them at the time. Maybe I am still living my glory days now and just don’t see it. I don’t think a person can know when they are living their glory days, until after the fact when they can reflect upon their past and see how great those days really were. I can look back and see how great my glory days were. That could be why I don’t see myself living my glory days right now, because if I am living them I don’t see how great things are. I could only know if I am living them now till the future comes where I can go back and reflect this time. If I am not living my glory days now and will finish the other part in the future, I would image first off a lot of happiness. My life would be going exactly like it should be. I would be finishing school or finished school. I would have a great job, and have a perfect place to live. Things would be going great, and I would have no worries. I can not tell if I will have upcoming glory days to finish, if I am finishing them now or if they are already gone. Only time can tell where I can go back and reflect and see how great things were.

I have been thinking about the upcoming holiday, Thanksgiving. Lots of great food and families get together. I have been thinking about this because since my great grandmother has past away a few years back, and my cousins and I are getting older, things are the same when it comes to holidays.
On my mom’s side, which is where I would visit first, the family would meet just before noon. We would enjoy some food for about an hour or so and then we would take off to finish the rest of the day with our other families. This would be a typical seen in the past. Now things are different. Ever since my great grandmother died, the small family on my mom’s side doesn’t meet up any more. It was like my great grandmother kept everyone together. On holidays now it’s only my mom, my grandmother and I who meet up. I guess things change.
My mom would then take me to visit with my dad’s side of the family. This side of the family has a lot more people. We would always meet around two and eat around four. These visits were not short like my mom’s side of family, but most people stay till seven or eight. We would eat food and hang out, nothing special, just families visiting each other. This was how things used to be. Now when it comes to a holiday or someone’s birthday, half the family is missing. It seems like my cousin Donovan is always working. Anthony is always busy with his girlfriend or his other family. My uncle Brian is always late if he shows up. My uncle Daren is just a flake now that he’s with his new girlfriend. All that leaves is my grandparents. When it comes to family get togethers it’s just my dad, my step mom, me and my grandparents. I think things change because most of my cousins and I are all over 18 and we do our own thing. I hope in the future when my cousins and I get older we can have our entire family meet together like in the past. I don’t think things will work out like I hope, because we will then have our own families and our own different traditions. It makes me sad to think that my childhood traditions are gone, but hopefully the new traditions will still keep some family members together. Like they say appreciate what time you have with your family, because it won’t last forever.

Love always,
Kirk