I count all else as loss- Philippians 3:8
Lost: A Lego ARC Trooper, 3rd grade, to a friend who knew how rare Legos could get.
Lost: A Lego Ewok Tree Fort, 4th grade, because I moved a lot, and the Legos didn’t survive.
Lost: My dumb chihuahua, Chewbacca, 4th grade, because she didn’t trust my uncle.
Gained: A Lego Slave One; the guy with the ARC trooper wishes he had Boba’s ship.
Gained: A Lego Millenium Falcon, 12th grade, let’s see how rare that one gets.
Gained: An old dog named Penny, 5th grade, who was way better than Chewbacca
Lost: My saved data on my Wii, 3rd or 4th grade. I say it got a virus.
Lost: My Wii for good, 6th grade; it just went right into the trash. Nothing else to be done with it.
Gained: A WiiU, the super-charged version of the Wii, regardless of what Nolan Bushnell says.
Gained: A love of video games, books, and movies, i.e. storytelling regardless of its medium.
Lost: My grandpa, 5th grade. Sudden lack of blood sugar, though maybe a stroke.
Lost: My other grandpa, 9th grade, kidney failure and sepsis.
Gained: My Dad, 5th grade, in the break room of a school, then on three separate Christmases.
Gained:An assortment of Boomer friends that would have gotten along with my grandpas.
Lost: Time: a lot of time of my life waisted without realizing it because I didn’t like to read.
Gained: A desire to write for the glory of God, 19 or 20, realizing my life is writing.
Lost: My pride (that’s a good thing), through love and discipline of my mind.
Gained: Jesus, around 12, though I’ve known Him my whole life.
Lost: A chance of working my way to Heaven, the moment I was born.
Gained: Forgiveness, undeserved, gained continually, always and forever.
Nathan Sorrentino is an undergraduate at the University of Central Florida where he is working towards a bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing. He has been writing since high school and, like cheese, has gotten better with time. He lives in the Armpit of America locally known as Central Florida.