A childhood memory - Article

Clouds

When I was a little child, I thought that we could touch clouds, and play in them. So, I had the dream that one day I would surely play in the clouds and enjoy myself. 

One day, this dream came true, when I was 5 and was given the chance to do ziplining. 

We went to Dharamshala; it was very cold and misty there, almost all the time. The sun hardly shone and the clouds were always there in the sky. My mother, from the beginning, is very adventurous, and though she is caring, she still doesn’t let us be in our comfort zone. So, one day, when we went for site-seeing we saw there was ziplining going on, and my mother forced me to do it. 

I was very terrified, as I had the fear of falling down, but it was not because I would get hurt, but was actually that I wouldn’t be able to meet my friends for many days in case of an injury.

But then, seeing the height of the zipline, I thought I could touch the clouds, and when I asked my mom if I could do so, she grabbed the opportunity and told me that I could do so. 

With butterflies in my stomach and also the greed to fulfill my wish, I agreed. 

It was a mind blowing experience. I was just feeling that I had touched the clouds, and I was enjoying myself too much. When I came down, I started crying, as I wanted to do it one more time. And guess what? I ended up touching the clouds 7 times!!!