Remember when ??
I can and Loved it!

Remember When.......?

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.
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, doubledutch
Jacks, kickball, dodgeball, y'all!
Mother May I?
Simons says
Red Rover and Roly Poly
Hula Hoops and Sunflower Seeds,
Jolly Ranchers, Banana Splits
Wax Lips and Mustaches
Running 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' with a 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 maybebutter pecan
A lemon 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,
Jumpin down the steps,
Jumpin on the bed.
Pillow fights
Runnin 'til you were out of breath
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
Being tired from playin'....
Remember that?
I ain't finished just yet...
Eating Kool-aid powder with sugar

Remember when...

When there were two types of sneakers for girls and boys
(Keds & PF Flyers) and only wore them at "gym."
if you even had them.
When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the
kids got there.
When nobody owned a purebred dog.
When a quarter was a decent allowance, and
another quarter a miracle.
When milk went up one cent and everyone talked
about it for weeks?
When you'd reach into a 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 pieces. When all of your male teachers wore neckties
and female teachers had their hair done, everyday.
When you got your windshield cleaned, oil
checked, and gas 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,
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.