Close your eyes.....And go back........
 

 Before the Internet or the MAC,
 Before semi-automatics and crack

 Before chronic and indo
 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.

 Eatin' a 'super dooper sandwich'(Dagwood),
 Red light, Green light.

 Chocolate milk,  Lunch tickets,
 Penny candy in a brown paper bag.

 Hopscotch, butterscotch, double-dutch
 Jacks, kickball, dodge ball, y'all!

 Mother, May I?

 Hula Hoops and Sunflower Seeds,
 Jaw breakers, blowpops, Mary Janes,

 Running through the sprinkler (I can't get wet! All right,
 Well, don't wet my  hair....)

 The smell of the sun and lickin' salty lips....

 Wait......

 Catchin' lightening bugs in a jar,
 Playin' sling shot and Red Rover.

 When around the corner seemed far away,

 And going downtown seemed like going somewhere.

 Bedtime,  Climbing trees,
 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
 Being tickled to death

 Running till you were out of breath
 Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt

 Being tired from playin'.... Remember that?

 I ain't finished just yet ...

 What about the girl that had the big bubbly hand writing??
 Licking the beaters when your mother made a cake. 
 Didn't that feel good?  just to go back and say, "Yeah, I
 remember that! There's nothing like the good old days!"

 They were good then, and they're good now when we think
 about them. Share some of these thoughts with a friend
 who can relate. One can't be serious ALL the time, eh? 

J.O.T.D.
Yellow Creek Digest