The walls were yellow, her favorite color

Full of pictures of our family

Together we made orange juice cookies, an old family recipe

I spent the summers in that kitchen

Where my grandpa would cut my toast into a different shape everytime

Where I would come in for a glass of water

after playing outside by the pond all day, pretending I was mermaid  

I would sit and the island and you would tell me you loved every picture I made

Even though they all looked the same   

Whenever we played hide a seek you always acted surprised to find me

Even though I hid in the pantry every time

And at the table we played all my favorite card games

Uno, Go Fish, and Old Maid, you would always let me win

I didn't know it at the time but the memories in that kitchen would last a lifetime