i didn’t realize how much of my childhood i still carry with me.
 how i still feel a jolt of excitement over things like the factory-fresh scent of brand new Pokémon cards, or the sound of Legos clicking into place against the floor. 
how certain memories keep resurfacing because i enjoyed them so much.
 how that child-version of me never left, just learned how to stand quietly in the back of my mind and speak up when it recognizes itself. there’s a certain innocence that com