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 & dodgeball until your porch light came on.

Mother May I?

Red Rover

Hula Hoops

Running through the sprinkler

Wait......

Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons

Fat Albert, Road Runner, Smurfs, Picture Pages, G-Force & He-Man

Wonder Woman & Super Man Underoos

Playing Dukes of Hazard

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

Running 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

Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school

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, not even the kid, 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.

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 the 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!!!!