Feeling Nostalgic, Ya'll.....

THINGS I REMEMBER --

(borrowed from an email making the rounds)

Close your eyes.....And go back in time....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. Sittin' on the porch, Hot bread and butter. Kool-Aid. Chocolate milk. Penny candy in a brown paper bag. Hopscotch, butterscotch, doubledutch, Red Light, Green Light, Jacks, kickball, dodgeball. Mother May I? Red Rover and Hula Hoops.

Sunflower Seeds, JollyRanchers, Banana Splits, Wax Lips and Mustaches, Candy cigarettes. Running through the sprinkler. Upgrading from riding a trike to a bike. The smell of the sun and rain and rainbows....

Wait......

Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons, Fat Albert, Road Runner, He-Man, and Bugs. Catchin' lightening bugs in a jar. When around the corner seemed far away. And going downtown seemed like going somewhere.

Bedtime stories, climbing trees, an ice cream cone on a warm summer night--chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe butter pecan. Chiggers, a million mosquito bites and sticky fingers. Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians. Sittin' on the curb, 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'....

Remember that?......

Remember when...When there were two types of sneakers for girls and boys (Keds & PF Flyers). Remember showers after gym class? Remember when nobody owned a purebred dog. When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny. When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, for free, every time. And, you didn't pay for air. When laundry detergent came with free glasses, dishes or towels. When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing about it.

When it was considered an honor to go to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents. When schools threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed and did! 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!!!

Didn't that feel good? To go back and say -- Yeah, I remember that! There's nothing like the good old days! Wanna go back some more?

Remember when decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo." Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!" "Race issues" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. Being old, referred to anyone over 20. The net on a tennis court was the perfect height to play volleyball and rules didn't matter. The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties. It was magic when your dad would "remove" his thumb or take money out of your ears. Nobody was prettier than your Momma. Scrapes and bruises were simply kissed and instantly made better.

It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides at the amusement park. Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare." The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. War was a card game. Water balloons were the ultimate weapon. Ice cream was considered a basic food group. Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.

I might be showing my age, but I remember! Do you?

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