A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

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

Before the Internet or the Mac,

Before the semi-automatic 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.

the good humor man,

red light, green light.

chocolate milk,

lunch tickets,

penny candy in a brown paper bag.

playin' pinball in the corner store.

hopscotch, butterscotch, double dutch,

jacks, kickball, dodgeball, y'all !

mother may I ?

red rover and roly poly

hula hoops and sunflower seeds,

jolly ranchers, banana splits,

wax lips and mustaches

runnin' through the sprinkler

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

wait........

watchin' saturday morning cartoons, fat albert, road runner,

he-man, the three stooges, and bugs,

or back further, listening to superman on the radio

catchin' lightening bugs in a jar,

playin' sling shot.

when around the corner seemed far away,

and going downtown seemed like going somewhere.

bedtime, climbing trees,

an ice cream cone on a warm summer  night

chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe butter pecan

a cherry or vanilla coke from the fountain at the corner drug store

a million mosquito bites and sticky fingers,

cops and robbers, Cowboys and Indians,

sittin' on the curb, playin' barefoot in the rain

jumpin' down the steps,

jumpin' on the bed.

pillow fights

runnin' till you ran out of breath

laughing so hard your stomach hurt

being tired from playin'.... remember that?

I ain't finished just yet.....

Eating  Kool-Aid with sugar.

Remember when there two types of sneakers for girls and boys

(Keds & P.F. Flyers) and the only time you wore them at school was for "gym." When  it took five minutes for the TV to warm up, if you even had one.

When nearly every everyone's mom was at home when the got there.

When nobody owned a purebred dog.

When a quarter was a decent allowance, and another quarter was a miracle.

When milk went up one cent and everyone talked about it for  weeks?

When you'd reach into the muddy gutter for a penny.

When  girls neither dated  nor kissed until late high school, if then.

when your mom wore nylons that came in two pierces.

When all of your male teachers wore neckties  and female teachers had their hair done every day.

When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and pumped, without asking, for free, every time. and you didn't pay for air. and,

you got trading stamps to boot!

when laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box.

when any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry groceries, and , nobody cared, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.

When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.

When they 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...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, then share it with someone that missed out on them.