I remember when childhood was filled with fantasy's now forgotten...Where everything remain unexplored and you were the first to conquer hidden passages now left to rot by adults...
Summers and streams provided a weath of Tom Sawyer-esk adventure which more often than not ended up with poison ivy and chiggers.
When on thay one special eve at dusk, you held the hand of a girl for the first time and didn't die of cuties...Though the dastardly side effect known as *sweaty hands* plagued the mind as you got that kiss of a lifetime...
I remember when a kitchen smelled better than anyplace in the house, not filled with burnt offerings from a microwave.
I remember holidays and cheer, when familys got together at long last, and a time for women to be left to gossip at will, while the men complained about the women over spiked egg nog....I still love the smell of hot nutmeg.
I am still haunted by frosty mornings when the squirrels beckoned to be dinner, and the dogs eager to help with their hearty destruction....
School buses were a right of passage where the prison yard rule applied...The older, bigger kids moved closer to the front each year, while the new kids earned the back seat in hopes of early deaths to all seniors.
I remember seeing my first bra that didn't belong to family and wondered why butterflies decided to take up residence in my stomach.
I remember football practice and screwing off afterwards....
I remember not wanting to grow up.....
Ever.
Ranger