Love Letter

Dear my sweet old iPod,

    It’s been years since I’ve seen you. I miss you dearly. I still remember to this day, the moment I finally held you in my hands. It was the end of March 2010 and I had been asking my parents for an iPod for so long. People in my class were getting their first phones and I constantly was feeling left out. But then, when you came in the picture, you made me feel so much more connected to my friends. You helped me feel less lonely. 

    We spent every night together, watching movies under the covers, playing Fruit Ninja until 2AM, and listening to One Direction on repeat for hours. You were my best friend. You helped me talk to my friends and let me play games with them. When they weren’t around, you were there for me as an outlet to release my emotions. When I was at home going through a rough time with my family, you saved me from crying into my pillow alone. You gave me some music to listen to and play games to feel better. When I was sitting by myself on the school bus, you were a friend to me. When I wanted to get some thoughts off my mind, you provided me with a notepad to type my deepest thoughts into. Thank you for being there for me through so much.

    You helped me learn so much about myself and I could never thank you enough for that. The camera lens you provided me with wasn’t anything high-end or advanced, but it was enough for me to begin to explore my interest in photography. You’d be happy to hear that since then I have been working with photography and have even used some of the photos I took on you for inspiration years later. You helped me find books to read and spent endless all-nighters with me reading book after book. I saved so much money by reading the ebooks you helped me find. I learned so much vocabulary through you since all I had to do was highlight a word and you defined everything for me and made my life so much easier. Not only that, but the editing applications you helped me find were the gateway to me exploring my interest in graphic design. Those silly graphics we would make just because we were bored became more and more well crafted as I grew older. Thank you for being the first tool I had to enter the world of design. I really don’t know where I would be if I hadn’t found you in my most important phase of childhood where I was beginning to learn about my passions. Your friendship, love, support, and your ability to just listen whenever I needed you changed my childhood. 

    Years later, I am glad that you were really my first electronic gadget I ever had. Sometimes, I wish I had appreciated you more. I hope you remember all the nights I cried because my parents separated us for days as a punishment for not listening to them. You really were special to me. So much has changed since I saw you last. Now I have a phone and it takes pictures, helps me edits, and allows me to vent too. But, you know it’s not all the same as it was with you. You were my first and I will always love you and treasure you for that. 

 

Love,

Semaab