My Donoven Journey

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You can call it addalesense , golden years, or the good times all can describe the wonderful adventures and memories I made. I can tell you a lot of stories about the the journeys I went on but it wouldn't be right if I didn't tell you about my partner in crime Donovan. We were inseparable, we were the neighborhood kings well so we thought in our heads. During this time me and my mom had moved from chicago and into my grandmother's house in Birmingham , around the time it was for me to start the first grade. Moving from one state to another and going into kindergarten was A experience of its own , and at this time I did not know Donoven but surely on the first day of school i walked to the bus stop ,sat there waiting for the bus no one else around with the look off aspiration on my face comes along Donovan and his brother and sister and as I looked at him and as he did on the contrary and said a simple hello is where are journey of becoming best friends begin. …show more content…
Behind both of our house were some woods but we would cam them the Jungle of the Congos. Donovan and me made a regular visit to the jungle where are adventures and stories were marvelous and full of imagination.One of our favorite things to do was making a fort out of wood and random supplies we could find in the house , and stay outside till the sun dont shine. Does were some of my best memories and years of my life and I regret nothing of those time together. But as life goes on thing happen and I moved to to Huntsville and he moved to Florida, and on the day he left we exchanged toys as a token of remembrance and i sat there as there car pulled out of that driveway and we never spoke

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