kit: Jackpot by Kristin Aagard
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journaling:
I remember back in my 20s I would go to Las Vegas at least twice a month. Yes, I loved the architecture. I loved to see things change. You could see a building go up and then as Vegas does it would be gone in a couple of years. Amazing to see. I remember being in Las Vegas and watching the news covering the crumble of an older casino so the Trump towers could build. It was amazing to see the count down and coverage on the news. It was almost as if you were watching the news cover the countdown of the ball drop in New York city every year.
The architecture brought me, but I would go to see the guy I was dating. The funny thing is as time progressed my trips slowed, the romance slowed and then both stopped. Sure, he would come here because it was his hometown. His mom lived here in the same city.
Eventually, we stopped our travel between the cities. I moved on and he moved on. Then he decided he wanted a part of our daughter's life. As we started traveling between the cities for different reasons. It is funny, the architecture is still there and great to see but walking the strip and going to site seeing with a kiddo are not the same as going to sightseeing with a romance and a twenty perspective is not the same.
Vegas is still wonderful to remember about and see the older pictures and visit but it is not the same. How I remember the city is used to be and remember how it changed from my twenties to my not-so twenties.
Thank you to the city I adored so much in my twenties I am sure my daughter will someday remember it differently when she sees it change from her childhood visits to her twenty's visits. I look forward to hearing her twenties perspectives when she goes to not so twenties visits.
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