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“Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?”

For Christmas one year, when I was 8 or 9, I was gifted a giant red-eyed tree frog plushie by my dad. The thing was huge, almost as big as me at the time, and it was my favorite plush from then on. It had so much detail and was so colorful.

Time went on, I still had the frog but it was in a closet, and eventually when my parents divorced when I was 18, my frog got lost in the scuffle.

Now, at 21, I was gifted the same frog by the same person last Christmas.

In my mind it’s the same frog. I love it just the same. Part of me beats up my past self for not being more careful with my belongings and things I love, but it was a messy time and I have learned to forgive myself. I will care for this frog better than the last one.

Through this whole experience, I learned that you can’t be angry at yourself in the past for your old mistakes. It’s not productive. You can only work on those mistakes and make right with the ones you love (and yourself) by growing as a person!