Snow Angels

Everyone we meet, no matter for how short or
long their connection, will leave pieces of
themselves behind within us. Some of them will
flash quickly through our lives, leaving just traces
of memories, like the lingering sparks left by a
shooting star in a night sky.
Then there are those people we are fortunate to
come across, out of all the people in the world,
who will touch us deeply, who will leave perfect
impressions of themselves in our hearts, like
snow angels on a pristine sheet of white. They will
share with us so many memories: of laughs, of
talks, of tears and fears, of places seen and
dreams compared, of silly things and momentous
occasions.
Everyone we meet will always change us through
these connections; we will not be the same people
we were before or afterward because of the
feelings and memories, our reactions, good and
bad, to the impressions they leave behind. We
can't grow or change without a lifetime of all
these people we connect with from these chance
encounters. And we can never know which ones
at first will be the people who will leave snow
angels in our hearts.