I WANT TO BE A KID AGAIN
from Robert Grabowski

I want to be a kid again. I want to go back to a time when…life was fun, simple and filled with laughter. Enjoy the memories.

• The net on a tennis court was the perfect height to play volleyball and rules didn’t matter.
• It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the “big people” rides at the amusement park.
• 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.
• It was magic when dad would “remove” his thumb.
• It was unbelievable that dodge ball wasn’t an Olympic event.
• Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot.
• Nobody was prettier than Mom.
• Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
• Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
• Abilities were discovered because of a “double-dog-dare.”
• Saturday morning cartoons weren’t 30-minute ads for action figures.
• No shopping trip was complete unless a new toy was brought home.
• “Oly-oly-oxen-free” made perfect sense.
• Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
• The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
• War was a card game.
• Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
• Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
• Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin.
• Ice cream was considered a basic food group!