Value Essay by Katie P.

In life many people have things that are valuable to them. They are the things that cost the most and what things would have a money value. No one really realizes that things don’t have to be worth something to be valuable. Things that you don’t have to pay for are sometimes worth more. The things that really matter though are the things that you have all the time and are always there. You should want those things right? Then why do we always have to have the best of what there is.

I am riding in the car down the same highway that I always do on the last week of July. I am so excited planning on having the time of my life. Lying on the beach and hanging out with my two best friends in Rhode Island. We turn the corner and I see the cottage. I know that cottage by the back of my hand. I have been going there since I was born. I love it there. Right on the beach and everything is just perfect. I am so excited for it to be finally be summer. I walk in the cottage and it is the same way it always is. I run up the spiral staircase and upstairs to see the cots in the same position that they had been in last year. I put my bathing suit on and wait for everyone else to get ready to go to Scarborough beach. The waves are just right and sometimes they are towering over you. The sun feels like it hits my body just right, as I lie on my towel hoping for the perfect tan. Every thing just feels right when I am there the sound of the waves, the smell of the beach. It is all just so relaxing I would want to stay there for ever if I could, but it is only for a week. I know that when it’s Friday I only have two days left and I want to just stay longer. I know that is why I probably value my time in Rhode Island.

My camera, I feel like I should have it all the time. I need it there to capture all the moments I have with my friends or with my family. The pictures that take up the 1GB memory card on my Kodak camera are the memories that I want to hold onto for ever. I can take videos and pictures with my camera. So when I am just hanging out with my friends and having fun I can just snap pictures of us just fooling around and being silly. The times on my camera are the ones that I know that I will want to look back on and do all over again. I value my camera so much because of this. I know that I might not be able to remember all the things that have happened when I am older. But when I look back on the pictures that are still on my camera or the ones that I have printed out I will know that some of the best times that I had were spent with my friends and family having fun, and having those times saved on my camera means so much to me. I am so glad that I can look back on those times and smile.

I value both of these things very much in my life. I look forward to going to the beach for that one week in the summer were I can just lay there on the beach. At the same time I value my camera too. I love to look back on the memories. It is also more convenient to look at than looking through photo albums. I don’t know which though that I value more. I know that when I go down to the beach I always have fun. I think though that I value my camera more. I think value it so much because it is always going to be there. The beach in Rhode Island though I am only there for a week in the whole summer. It means so much to me but when I think of all the times that I have spent with my camera. They add up to a lot more. These two things that I value are very important to me and even though I value my camera more, the two things are really different so it is hard to I had a hard time comparing and deciding which I value more. Thinking about the value of these two things though has really made me think of the things that I really value in life.