Is there any one of you like me, thinking to remember the first times of everything, as if they are the magical milestones in your life? Perhaps not everything but just maybe things that are matter to you! especially those you waited a long time to experience or you’ve reached them for the first time, or even have overcome your fears for the first time. Those FIRST ONES, I mean.
I will never forget the first day I swam in the sea.
It was a hot summer day and we were cycling along the beach with our fellow cyclists. We got off our bikes and the beach was very peaceful. No one was around and the beautiful sun above the sea, soulful and quiet, created a pleasant scene in front of our eyes.
Some of us went into the water. I remember the seawater was warm and salty and tasted really bad. I was not used to it at first, but then it was absolutely enjoyable to swim in the endless sea. My friends were watching me not to get too far from the beach.
The first ones are not always very important in life, like the first time I got in the back of the van, it was not very important to many, but for an urban girl like me who had just come to the village, it seemed enjoyable and exceptional. It was my first.
I also remember the first time I got a chance to climb a tree. As I was looking at the tree eagerly and I was afraid to climb it, the old man from the village said to me: “Do you want to go up?”
I nodded ok, not very confident though. The tree was not very tall, but I had not climbed the tree until then … He helped me and I put my foot on and lifted myself up the tree... it was the first time …
And I remember the first time I stood under a waterfall … the first time …
There is not always someone to take a picture of you, like when I first dared to take off my black Chador (Hijab) or when I started cycling. Also, some first ones are not that pleasant to take a picture of, like the first time I almost got shot or I almost had a cigarette, but the thing is that THE FIRSTS, ugly or joyous, always stay with you, in the back of your mind, forever…
