I miss...

• being excited like the night before a picnic or a big day
• the warmth of the sun kissing my skin
  
• kayaking on a hot summer day... the wind, the silence of the lake, the glorious rays of the sun
  
• meaningful conversations about nothing and about everything
• being able to run outside the house in shorts and a tank top
• our catch games we played on the playground from 7 am till 7 pm every summer
  
• being called for in between catch games only to come home and be served a nice hot plate of food
  
• the dust that covered every inch of my legs because of playing barefoot all summer long
  
• Holi as a child
  
• street dogs that knew me by my scent
• being able to see role models all around me
  
• being left alone
  
• company
• kittens that wrestled with my hand without leaving a scratch!
• curds rice being mixed to a perfection by mom ... and her spicy chillies to go along with!
• mountain biking by myself for hours on end...
  
• all the views that kept me company for all those hours
• being able to just...be
• warm samosas with tea every evening
  
• watching He-man right after church =)
• Sunday afternoon naps
• 110 degree weather
• being so ecstatic about my birthday!
• brown book covers at the beginning of every year
• the only person who knew me in and out-Nancy
• being able to whisper happy secrets in the ear of a trusted one