For the most part we see people for who they are now. But sometimes, if you're paying attention, you can see a flash of who that person was as a child.
A few months ago I was having a conversation with a co-worker and I made him laugh. It was a head thrown back, mouth wide open laugh that doesn't hold anything back. In that instant I saw what he looked like as a 10-year-old boy. For that one moment he was free.
This happened again recently. I saw a video of a man I knew as a boy. He has grown up to be a fine specimen of a man. But in this video, he was trying to set up a video conference with his parents. There is a moment where he's struggling with where to put the camera. His eyes shifted from left to right and you could see the frustration/worry in them. It caught me off guard because in that second I saw the boy I once knew.
I don't know if anyone ever sees the girl I was once. I've got to start looking for her.
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