Growing up I remember seeing those
commercials about cameras on the TV. Why do I remember those commercials? They always
had some huge event portrayed and then a mom or a dad smiling and taking a
picture with their camera. Now, I always associate the term “Kodak moments”
with capturing some big event or activity with a camera.
A moment most recent for me
happened just this last week at the Indiana FFA Leadership Center. The snow was
something that my teammates and I had in fact prepared for. A few weeks back
Sean came home from the store with a surprise for all of us. He had bought us
new sleds!
Now these sleds were pretty legit,
one was a long foam based sled with just enough room to stretch your legs out in.
The other looked like a lady bug in the means of it was round and red. After
seeing Sean walk in the door with those guys, I was ready to shred it on the
hill at the center. Unfortunately my teammates talked me down from using them
right away, because you cannot have a successful trip down the hill without some
snowy padding.
Days had gone by
and I was so eager to go sledding, that I was half tempted to make some fake
snow just to use them! Fortunately, all my hopes and dreams in the world were
answered when we woke up to a few inches of frozen mashed potatoes covering the
ground.
After gearing up
in our “snow suits,” which for me consisted of jeans, sweats, two jackets, a hat,
gloves, and old Sperry’s, we marched our way to the lake dam where we would
commence our sledding 2k16 sledding season. A few slides down the hill found us
getting a bit gutsier with each trip we took. Sean and Courtney had gone down together
on one sled, a snow ramp was half way constructed by Kenzie, but I was
determined to blow all records out of the water. I had decided to race Sean and
Annalee down the hill, but I was going to go down face first.
“Go” was yelled and we threw ourselves off of
the starting line, when I say threw ourselves off . . . I mean it. I had pushed
off so hard, that my sled stayed put and my body went tumbling down the hill. After
having a face full of snow, brutally losing with no contest to both Sean and
Annalee, and landing at the bottom of the hill, I began thinking about those
past few moments.
In all honesty I
had no regrets. I thought it was extremely fun and immediately wanted to do it
again. So I did. Now, we all have those moments where we wish there was a camera
ready, and this was definitely one of those moments.
I pushed off from
the top of the hill again, but this time I had my sled. I was soaring down the
hill feeling like I was at the top of the world, until I hit the second part of
the hill. There I totally lost the very little amount of control I had and once
again went tumbling down. This time making sure to scrap my face along the way.
That was a Kodak
moment for me. I wanted to remember that feeling of sledding down that hill as fast
as I could with some of my best friends in the world. I never wanted it to end because
it was the time of my life! We all have these moments, whether it be a time someone
got hurt, an event that a lot of work was put in to, or just a night hanging
out with friends never be afraid to take advantage of them.
How will I remember
my moment? Well now every time I see the snow, I think of those times I went
tumbling down. There are many other ways to remember moments. It could be hearing
a song, coming across old pictures, or even wearing a green ribbon to memorialize
a loved one.
No matter how
insane or boring Kodak moments are, they are always worth remembering because
we can regain those excited or happy feelings just as if we are about to
experience it firsthand again. That
means we should never be afraid to have those Kodak moments in life!
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