18. Childhood endings

4:35 p.m. & Wednesday, May. 31, 2006


I was watching one of my adored childhood films last night, being childish once again and wondering: is it really going to work out at the end of the story? Although entirely aware of what the ending was, and appreciating that there was no longer a surprise in it for me. As an innocent adolescent I loved spending hours thinking up those, what-happened-if situations. Hitherto believing with all my heart that there�d be a happy ending after they walked off into the sunset.


I want to remember What takes a lifetime to forget