What makes you feel nostalgic?

Watching my favorite cartoons from childhood. MeTV, an old school television channel that shows television shows from yesteryear started showing cartoons from back in day two years ago and watching these cartoons really got me through some shit after the death of my brother in 2020.

These cartoons unlocked so many memories of being a little girl again when my only thoughts were wondering what I was going to eat on Saturday morning: a bowl of cereal or nagging my mama to make me some scrambled eggs for breakfast. When I was a carefree little girl and my family was still alive. Of stomping in the water barefoot in the water after a rainstorm during the summer time.

Running up and down my block with my friends. Waiting for my mama at the bus stop when she got off work. Going upstairs to sit with my cousin Cleo and reading a totally outdated medical book that had me thinking I was going to stop having a period at the age of 41☠️☠️☠️😅😅😅.

All those memories flood my mind when I watch those cartoons remembering the little girl that I used to be. Smiling through my tears at times but mostly cackling with laughter. Nostalgia is food for the soul.