Selin Abali

There is a sundry of things I plan to do with my one wild and precious life.

To adopt more cats when I am older. To perfect that one chocolate chip cookie recipe. To have a picnic with friends.

To not let the burdens of youth surmount the joys of youth.

For once, to push aside the work piled up on my desk, and merely bask in the warm golden rays of the sun.

To look up at the infinite starry night sky with the same childlike wonder like I used to and feel the chill breeze wrap around my shoulders. To lay in the grass and just watch the clouds pass by.

To have the feeling of blooming sunflowers and chirping songbirds. Of summer nights spent with friends, the ebb and flow of the ocean as a background for our late night conversations.

That would be nice, I think.