Tag: bonds

Lights

by Rhobie Toussaint, posted in Creative Writing

When the lights dim low,

And the stars start to glow

We will see everything that the universe has to offer and show

You and I, we’ll be there

Appreciating the beauty in the wonders across the sky

And pretending meteoroids are passing by

We’ll lay down and we’ll stare

At it all

Thinking about how there’s a star giving energy to the earth

And how there is so much universe

No one can truly agree how it got there

But it’s there, with everything seemingly in place

There’s so much we’ll see when the lights dim low

And all the stars show

 

Bonds & Memories

by Rhobie Toussaint, posted in Experience

It’s funny how you can spend four years seeing someone everyday at school and utter two words to them, but tell your life story to someone you’ve just met. There’s something about rooming or being with someone for a short period of time and knowing that you’ll probably never see them again that inclines people to share stories and form a bond. This is currently the case for me, seeing as this is my last day at the FBLA 2019 State Leadership Conference.

At the meeting we had before going to Orlando, my club adviser told us, “you’re rooming with different people, but it’s only awkward for like 30 minutes.” When I entered the hotel  room I’m staying in along with three other girls, there was no awkwardness. We immediately hit it off, discussed our routines, and even almost forgot to introduce ourselves. Not too long after that we, along with some of the boys from my school, and my roommate’s school, went mini golfing. Suddenly, I was outside with ten other people, playing a game I have never played before, and laughing at jokes. It was as if I knew these individuals for half my lives and we were a group of friends just hanging out.

Yesterday after our meeting and workshops, my roommates (Chelsea, Amanda, Elizabeth) and I sat in our room, and started talking just about everything, from school to relationships. Amanda got up from the bed she was laying on, and came to my bed to show us a picture of someone she’s close to and Elizabeth moved from her chair to the bed as well. There we were, four girls who barely knew each other prior to the trip, on one bed, telling stories about our personal lives, asking questions, and getting slightly frustrated at the actions boys do that make absolutely no sense to us. Our conversation was so long that when one of us looked at the time, we had twenty minutes to get ready for dinner.

This trip has been an amazing experience, and I love how I not only became closer to the two people I did know here (Kevin and Chelsea), but also spent time with a great group of people. I don’t know if I’ll keep in touch with the people I’ve met here. I don’t know if when I get back to school, Kevin, Chelsea and I will go back to occasionally conversing. But what I do know is that I will treasure the memories I made over these three days and they will forever be embedded in my mind.