Trains and Trips
i have just been hit by a memory. i was a child with my mother. i can't remember where exactly we were but it was a place like an office or something. i was soon to go on a train trip to Mombasa with my schoolmates. it was a scouts thing and i was either a brownie or a girl-guide. one of my mothers' friends gave me sweets. thanks. the train trip day arrived. we boarded and i got my seat. i was sitting with my friends but i only remember one friend. her name is V*. through my window i could see sweet mother on the platform, i think with V's mother. i cried. and i remember what i felt in that moment. i didn't want to be away from my mother but the train was moving and she was getting further and further away. as i was waving and crying, i read mother's lips and it was something like, "why are you crying?". of course i couldn't answer and i was a bit embarrassed i mean my friends were in a great mood. i think V comforted me and i felt better. long s...