The final episode of an everlasting memory

There are some things in life that we associate with chores and work. We either put it off until the last minute or we get it over with as soon as possible. I never really realized how much fun I had when I blogged. I just dealt with it like any other homework assignment and went on with my life. But now that this could possibly be my last post, a strange sense of sadness has washed over me. I’ll miss the feeling of not wanting to do it but then you’re all of a sudden really motivated at write. I love having a brilliant idea trapped in my brain and wanting nothing more than to be able to write it out. Blogging is defiantly going to be something I will miss doing. In Persepolis, Marjane is forced to give up so many parts of her child hood in order to move on. She also has to make many adjustments to the new life styles she tries out and eventually gives up on. She also didn’t really appreciate what she had until she realized that she didn’t have it any more. All of these things shaped Marjane into the woman she is today and the events, both sad and happy, in our lives will do the same to us all.

As children, we don’t really have anything to worry about. We can trust that our parents and friends will always be there to help you get back on your feet when you need help to do so. But when there gone and your alone, you feel lost. There is no one you can turn to and be truly comfortable around while seeking help and advice. Marjane left her home to get a better education and a chance for a better life. While doing so, she left her family behind and her friends. She was in a new, unfamiliar place and alone. Yes one could always make new friends, but when your coming out of a war, the only people who can really understand you are the ones who went through it as well. Like her friends and my blog, we will both eventually leave them behind and move on only to realize later the strange affect they had on us. Whether it be a little company of a true friend or the chance to say what you think and put your opinion out there for the world to read. Both of them are more affective than one would think.

Life will continue to go on whether we want it to or not. Changes, both unwanted and wanted will occur. Now we are all graduating and going to new schools to start the next chapter of our educational lives. High school seems terrifying but its something we all have and had to go through. Soon enough it will be over and we wont believe how much we will miss it. Right now we are all probably thinking about leaving our friends and starting over at a new school but there is that safety net feeling of knowing that we can always call them up and hang out anytime we want to. But for some people, this adjustment to a new life is much harder. Marjane had to go to a new place with no safety net under her to protect her. She had to fend for herself and she did an exceptionally good job until the end of her trip when her life just went spiraling down. After she returned home she realized how mush she missed not having to cover her head with a veil and her body with a long black dress. These simple everyday things to some people, including herself, she had become so unaccustomed to over time. All of these changes will greatly affect our lives and we will just have to learn to live with them.

The saying “you don’t know what you’ve got until its gone” is over used and has been turned into a cheesy line in multiple movies. The thing is, is that it is full of truth. Having our family around us all the time may seem like a pain in the neck but before you know it, you’re on your way to collage. Then you’re on your until the occasional home visits. Marjane didn’t realize how much she missed her family until she had been truly hurt by the man she thought she loved. She said “Where was me mother to stroke my hair? Where was my grandmother to tell me that men, I would have by the dozen? Where was my father to punish the boy who dare hurt his daughter? Where?” This quote is a perfect example of how alone she was and how it unexpectedly and suddenly the realization came to her. Being and feeling alone I one of the hardest things to deal with. It is both horrible yet inevitable.

Being alone in a new place for the first time, adjusting to a new environment only to readjust back to the old one, and realizing how alone she really was made Marjane the way she is today. Being truly alone for the first time, starting over in a new place, and realizing what we truly missing about the way things used to be will help shape our future for the people we are today and who we are destined to become. It’s only a matter of time until the changes begin.