Lets Go Back To The Good Old Days...

This one is a good one. Got this e-mail message from Nyoka. When I read it, I had remembered everything that I did when I was a KId. I remembered all my good friends and all the crazy things that we did when we were growing up. Back then it was so safe to stay out late at night and not have to worry about a drive by, did not have to worry about strangers. We did not have to worry about all the things that is going on today. Sometimes I wish that I could just close my eyes and go back to the "Good Old Days."

This is something that you have to read.

Close your eyes....and go back....

Before the Internet or the MAC
Before semi automatics and crack
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...

Way back.......

I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk.
Red light, Green light.
Playing kickball &dodge ball until your porch light came on.
Mother May I?
Red Rover
Hula Hoops
Running through the sprinkler

Wait......

Watchin' Saturday morning cartoons
Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar
Christmas morning.......
Your first day of school
Bedtime prayers and goodnight kisses

Climbing trees
Getting an ice cream off the ice cream truck
A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers
Jumpin down the steps
Jumpin on the bed.
Pillow fights .

Runnin till you were out of breath
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
Being tired from playin'....
Your first crush......
Rainy days at school meant playing "Heads up 7Up" in the classroom.

Remember that?
I'm not finished yet....

Kool-aid was the drink of summer
Toting your friends on your handle bars
Class field trips
When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there.
When a quarter seemed like a fair allowance, and another quarter a miracle.
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry groceries, and nobody thought a thing of it.
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home.

Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of drive by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! And some of us are still afraid of em!!!
(If we're lucky enough to still have em around)

I want to go back to the time when............
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo"
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly"
Catching fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening.

It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
Being old, referred to anyone over 20.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.

Nobody was prettier than Mom.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big
people" rides at the amusement park.
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare"
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.

The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
Water balloons were the ultimate ultimate weapon.
Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.

If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!!
Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up" life...

I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU