Maybe it wasn't a life changing event, but I know I will always remember that day.
I was about six years old, and I lived in Antofagasta. When I was a kid, there wasn't much to do around my neighborhood, so my childhood was sometimes boring and uneventful. I didn't have all the technology or all the new things they had at the capital.
I remember around that time, my parents were separated and did not speak to each other. My younger brothers and sisters were not born yet, so I felt a little lonely, in a big sunny town with nothing much to do. Since my parents were not together, i didn't want to be at home all day, it wasn't much fun. We had recently moved from our old house to a new condominium and therefore I didn't have many friends yet.
But this day had a special kind of magic. I didn't want to be alone, so I went to visit a kid in the neighborhood, we were becoming friends little by little. That day he had received a present: a box full of Disney movies. I think I had watched one or two but I don't remember them.
He lets me choose. I choose "The Sleeping Beauty", because it had a creepy witch on the cover. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. I will never forget it. The colors, the princess, the handsome prince, the wonderful classical music, the terrifying witch. It felt like magic, really. No other Disney movie has that feeling. It's still my favorite movie and I think it will always be. It had such a big influence in me since then. Sometimes it's the little things as a kid that stick with you forever.
