Nostalgia Response

The feeling of nostalgia describes the feeling in one's stomach and heart when one thinks about the past. This feeling is especially evident because when one is reminded of good memories. These might be memories from a long time ago or from more recently. However, this is a feeling of longing for something. One misses the past. It is yearning for those good times that once were.
When I listened to the second song, my mind immediately went to what I imagine my older cousin's quinceñiera was like. I have only seen this event through videos and pictures. However, this song reminded me of everything I've hear about it. Especially the speech that her dad wrote for her about her growing up and the father-daughter dance. This image was mostly evoked towards the end of the song. I could see her dressed in her blue dress and   her younger sister holding her hand as a presentation of pictures of her appeared on a screen. The song that was playing was a song that my parents, my sisters, and I had chosen out for the special occasion.
When I first think of my childhood, I think of family. Although I moved around too much, there was always family. When I smell red beans and rice cooking in the kitchen, I'm taken back to the reunions we would have at my grandfather's. It was an open kitchen and there was a pool. We would all go there when it was hot. When I taste burned red beans, I think of the time that my dad and uncle were making lunch at my grandfather's. They got distracted and the beans exploded all over the the floor and stove. Needless to say, they didn't have fun cleaning up.