from Jill's LJ
Close your eyes...
And go back...
Before the Internet or the AIM
Before budweiser and weed
Before Playstation2 or X-Box
Before the 5 hours of homework you put off every night...
..Way back...
I'm talking about hide-and-go-seek at dusk
Red light, Green light
Mother May I?
Red Rover
Four Square
Hula Hoops
Running through the sprinkler
Happy Meals
Getting the privilege to sit in the front seat of the car
Wait...
Watching Saturday Morning cartoons Like Doug
Or what about Legends of the Hidden Temple, Global Guts, Double Dare, Clarissa Explains it All, My Brother and Me!
Who could forget Snick
Or The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers
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
Jumping down the steps
Jumping on the bed
Pillow fights
Running until you were out of breath
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt and you almost peed your pants
Laughing so hard that you did pee your pants
Being tired from playing all day
Your first crush
Rainy days at school that meant playing "Heads Down", "7-Up", or making Lego Castles for "inside recess"
Remember that?
I'm not finished yet...
Kool-Aid koolbursts
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 getting high was swinging on the swing-set
When five dollars seemed like a million, and another dollar a miracle
When your parents took you to McDonalds and you were so cool
When Toys R' Us overruled the mall
I want to go back to the time when...
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-moe"
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "Do over!"
The "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
Saying cuss words were referred to the "F, B or S - word" or h-e-double- hockey-sticks
Being old, referred to anyone over 20
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties
The only real heartbreak you had was when your mom wouldn't buy you that new toy
Nobody was prettier than Mom
Nobody was cooler than Dad
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 an inch 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
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!
And go back...
Before the Internet or the AIM
Before budweiser and weed
Before Playstation2 or X-Box
Before the 5 hours of homework you put off every night...
..Way back...
I'm talking about hide-and-go-seek at dusk
Red light, Green light
Mother May I?
Red Rover
Four Square
Hula Hoops
Running through the sprinkler
Happy Meals
Getting the privilege to sit in the front seat of the car
Wait...
Watching Saturday Morning cartoons Like Doug
Or what about Legends of the Hidden Temple, Global Guts, Double Dare, Clarissa Explains it All, My Brother and Me!
Who could forget Snick
Or The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers
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
Jumping down the steps
Jumping on the bed
Pillow fights
Running until you were out of breath
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt and you almost peed your pants
Laughing so hard that you did pee your pants
Being tired from playing all day
Your first crush
Rainy days at school that meant playing "Heads Down", "7-Up", or making Lego Castles for "inside recess"
Remember that?
I'm not finished yet...
Kool-Aid koolbursts
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 getting high was swinging on the swing-set
When five dollars seemed like a million, and another dollar a miracle
When your parents took you to McDonalds and you were so cool
When Toys R' Us overruled the mall
I want to go back to the time when...
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-moe"
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "Do over!"
The "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
Saying cuss words were referred to the "F, B or S - word" or h-e-double- hockey-sticks
Being old, referred to anyone over 20
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties
The only real heartbreak you had was when your mom wouldn't buy you that new toy
Nobody was prettier than Mom
Nobody was cooler than Dad
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 an inch 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
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!