The McNuggets are a symbol of my (and many others') childhoods. They represent simpler, albeit less flavorful times, but there's something about biting into that McDonald's-flavored exterior that's a surefire recipe for a punch of nostalgia.
"In Langa we had a four-way street, he says, his face crinkling with the memories. On the right-hand side of the street the tar wasn't done so nicely and we used to call it Karachi because the ball would bounce funny."
“Making my own OREO cookie was a lot of fun... It was a full-circle moment. I wanted to find a way for it to feel comforting and have a bit of nostalgia from my childhood.”
The early introduction of home video game consoles, like the Atari, revolutionized access to gaming, eliminating the social pressures of arcades such as queueing and intimidation.
When I was four years old, I had lost one of my favorite toys, so my mom searched the entire house but still couldn't find it. Days later, she was flipping through old photo albums on her bed when I walked into the room holding my lost toy. She asked me where I found it because she had gone through my room. I told her, 'The nice old lady found it and gave it to me.' She told me I was imagining things because we were alone in the house. But she said I was insistent that an older lady talked to me, smiled, and gave me my toy.