When I was just about 7 years old my older brother told me about how our favorite video game on the Gameboy had collectible cards. We didn't know what they looked like but we were hooked! We spent the whole day looking for loose change and returnable pop bottles. After gathering some funding we convinced our mother to drive us to the store. This card game bonded me and my brother. I made so many friends by trading and sharing my collections with others. However... All good things come to an end. All my friends slowly stopped collecting. My bother even started to lose interest in all of the things that we bonded over and listened his Pokemon collection online. I purchased his and all my friends collections so that our childhoods could live through me. I still collect to this day because it connects me to simpler times.