Good grief...March already? Time sure does fly the older you get. Before you know it we'll be hearing "Jingle Bells" as we walk through the mall. If only we could go back to when we were kids and soak up the lack of responsibility, ease of life, and the "I don't care" mentality. The following is a little list of my all-time favorite things from my childhood:
* playing outside from sun up to sundown...you know when we actually used our imaginations as we built forts, played in gravel, rode bikes, and swung until we were nauseous!
* the absolute perfection of a POP ICE on a hot summer day...you know the Popsicles that are basically koolaid in a tube :)
* playing arcade games at Hucky Finn's (my Hoptown friends will understand)!
* slumber parties...pj's, board games, NKOTB videos (New Kids on the Block, yes, they were around back then too!), all the pizza and sweets you could stand, "light as a feather", midnight walks around the neighborhood, etc
* scavenger hunts- a lost art form I feel...they were fun before we could drive, now they just are GREAT. I think I will have to plan a party that involves one soon :)
* field trips- there is just something cool about spending all day with your friends, having a good time, eating a ham sandwich, chips, an apple, and chocolate milk out of a brown bag!
* cartoons- back in the day we actually had really great cartoons, not this crap they have now...Transformers, Smurfs, Snorks, Gummi Bears, Looney Toons, Tom/Jerry, Care Bears, Jem, GI Joe, He-Man and Sheera...
The list could go on and on...being a kid is great! Well, at least it used to be. I don't know that the quality of life has progressed for kids. Now they spend their time with their nose in a game, texting, tweeting, and watching TV all the time (thanks Hannah Montana!). I suppose they are being overly prepared for adulthood since we seem to do a lot of the same minus Hannah Montana of course.
I think we should all slow it down and take in our world around us. There are so many wonderful, beautiful, and awe-inspiring things that we don't take the time to appreciate or don't have the time to even take a second glance at. I hope to reconnect with my inner child and start to look at life differently...I think we'd all be the better for it :)
God Bless,
Tammy
No comments:
Post a Comment