Sometimes I want to be a kid again;
to go back to the time when:

  • Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening.

  • 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".

  • It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.

  • Being old referred to anyone over 20.

  • You could determine if someone loved you by plucking flower petals.

  • The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.

  • Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."

  • It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.

  • It was unbelievable that dodge ball wasn't an Olympic event.

  • Nobody was prettier than Mom.

  • 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 a foot of snow was a dream come true.

  • Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare."

  • Unreserved lifetime commitments and promises were made with “cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die.”

  • Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for action figures.

  • "Olie-olie-oxen-free" made perfect sense.

  • Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.

  • War was a card game.

  • Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.

  • A playing card in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.

  • Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin.

  • A lie didn’t count if your fingers were crossed.

  • Ice cream was considered a basic food group.

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