Remember When...

As I live in a changing world, watching my father grow old and "not remembering" much anymore and seeing my son newly married with the world at his fingertips, I flash back to my childhood and remember. I don't want to forget! King Solomon said, "The glory of young men is their strength, and the honor of old men is their gray hair." (Proverbs 20:29)
Way before the days of Internet, IPods, Hybrid cars and cell phones...Do you remember when...
Hide and seek was played at night? Red light, Green light and Duck, Duck Gray Duck were favorites? Red Rover, Red Rover, Annie, Annie Over and Captain May I were played with your friends? Kickball and Dodgeball were real competition? Grabbing a bat and ball to play 500 was the neighborhood game? Building your own kite that actually flew? Running through the sprinkler on a hot summer day was the greatest and building snowforts in the winter took all day? Mosquito bites were common place and there were many of them? Summer seemed to last forever? Sledding down that huge hill was exhausting? Getting a terrible haircut for .25? Penny candy that was really good? Not wanting to go to bed at night because you weren't tired only to fall asleep before your head hit the pillow? Drinking ice cold water from the well?
Remember watching Saturday morning cartoons in black and white with only a couple of channels to choose from? When Roadrunner always won and Willie E. Coyote always bit the dust? When Popeye was your hero? When the Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, The Bowery Boys, and The Little Raschals were everyone's favorites? Watching Gunsmoke, Hawaii Five-O, Lawrence Welk, Mission Impossible, All-Star Wrestling and Manix? Playing Cowboys and Indians, Cops and Robbers, Army? Climbing every tree possible? Taking a bath in the tub with your sibling on Saturday night? Getting together with your cousins every now and then was the best?
Walking to school, no matter what the weather was like because there were no buses? Running till you could run no more? Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt? Pillow fights? Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down? Jumping on your bed till your mom yelled at you to stop? Your mom baking fresh bread from scratch?
Remember playing games like Monopoly, Sorry, Chinese Checkers? Playing Crazy 8's, Slap Jack and War? Learning to ride a bike? Weeding the garden took all day because the garden was so big? Hanging wash on the clothes line?
Remember when gas only cost .29 and you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and air pressure in your tires checked all for free? When your mom saved the S & H Green stamps to buy kitchen items? When your mom was home everyday when you got home from school? When your mom was the prettiest lady in town and your dad was the toughest? When it was a special treat to have a can of pop? When going out to a restaurant was a big deal? When you were afraid of your teachers and even more afraid of your teachers telling your parents what you did? When you feared them more then drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs? When you couldn't wait to go fishing the next day with your best friend? When your older brother's and sister's tormented you, but also fought for you? When you dad could fix anything?
As I get older, these things I choose to remember!