July 2, 2005

• Remember the days when all you had to worry about, was who you were going to get to play on your kickball team? Or who all was going to the pool? which house everyone was going to play at....who had the neatest fort? Ice skating on frozen ponds...walks in the crystal,blue, safe ocean....building sandcastles...waiting for the ice cream  truck after hearing the bell two blocks over and hoping you had enough money for your favorite treat....going to the Saturday matinee...having popcorn, a drink and enought to split a candy bar...the really big ones.... Bowling all day long...and not running out of money... playing jacks...playing hopscotch....Chinese jumprope....dance lessons and recitals.....swim pratice and meets....JR. National Olympics in Hawaii....catching fireflies in a jar at dusk....skipping stones over and across a pond...camping out in your best friend's backyard....cooking hot dogs on coat hangers over an open fire...roasting marshmallows...and eating the burnt ones anyway....telling ghost stories...holding hands and not being called names....best friends.... lying on a blanket outside at night, counting the stars...having fun and just doing nothing.....no worries....no responsibilities..... going to the library...picking out your 10 most favorite books...checking them out for the limit of 2 weeks...and devouring them the minute you got home....finishing them and returning them early...only to return home with 10 more books....going to the 5 and 10 store....penny candy....bubble gum with trading cards.... swinging for hours...(fitting into the swings..LOL) spying on your older sister and her dates... listening to the radio.....45's and 38  records...mono or stereo....your first bicycle....your first pair of skates.... your first skateboard and your first broken bone....your first pet.....your first kiss... going to your first concert..... your first dance....Playing hide and seek outside way after dark.....your first love....your first real date...(not the one's you sneaked out of the house for....) Learning to drive, a stick shift ..Argh!!! Lordy...And then you ruined it by growing up......To return to the days of Pooh Bear, Eeyore, Tigger, Piglet,  Roo, Kanga, Owl, Rabbit...and have Christopher Robin take care of everything..... Sorry...Had to meander down that Lane..... Getting older can really put a damper on life...Don't try to do it all at once...slow down...stay a youngen'  just a little longer....It's still all Good once you get there....But you can't ever go back...until you are diagnosed with Alzheimer's.....Love to everyone.....smile.... Later.....

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