I was actually just thinking about this again earlier today. I love that itās like Iām carrying pieces of all the people Iāve loved throughout all the lifetimes it feels like we live in just one, simply by picking up all these pieces of others to make into our whole self. Even the things Iāve gathered from people I donāt talk to anymore feel so special because once they meant so much to me and the love from that version of me and them lives on.
I say āyouāre a peach,ā when someone does something helpful for me because a childhood friend of mine once said the same thing to me. Iāve always written things like 7s and Zs with the line through the middle because the student teacher my class had in 1st grade was also in college for science and wrote them like that, and Iāve done it ever since. I grow marigolds in my garden every year because of the neighbor I had growing up who would let me help her garden when I was a kid even when she was going through chemo, and now I love the smell. I love punk goes rock/pop because of my older brother; heās also the reason I learned to play guitar. The vanilla lotion that I wear because a friend who was probably the closest Iāll have in my lifetime wore it.
I also love the reverse. I know Iāve influenced my friendās jewelry. I know one friend started wearing purple mascara because I do. Iāve influenced several peopleās fragrances, or shoe/purse choices. I love to think that whenever they put on something or say something that they got from me that they think of me fondly.
