well, per comment #3 at the post below, i guess i've been tagged...thanks, bridget :). as far as i understand, there are two (or more?) parts to this business..first, to answer the question in my own words; then, to pass this dealio on to, let's see, eight other bloggers. i'll do my best..let me know if i missed something here..
Five Things I Miss From Childhood...
1. Hours and hours to curl up and read. I was that kid who lugged home the limit from the public library weekly and spent loads of time inbetween lost in another world between book covers, chewing on the end of my ponytail. These days I have to steal moments when a good read crosses my path..from my husband, my kids, my house, my errands, my friends, the good ol' tyrrany of the urgent itself. I miss the long stretches.
2. Ease of relationships. Kids make instant friends (or for that matter, enemies..but it's possible to make a quick turnaround in this case, which is another thing I miss)..where two or more are gathered, play will ensue in relative simplicity. Kids are too immature emotionally, mentally, to waste time figuring out if they have enough in common, if a future together is, well, in the future, if the new kid has enough time...i love seeing this with my own kids, and it makes me realize how complicated things can get in this area as we become knowing adults, living more in the past and worrying more about the future than just being in the moment, all too often.
3. The pure goodness of eating an orange push up on a summer day. They just do not taste as great nowadays to me.
4. The feeling of freedom in riding my bike everywhere. Now if I ride a bike, it doesn't feel like freedom. Driving my car feels like freedom, somewhat. Riding a bike feels like exercise.
5. Spending the night at my Grandma's house..us girls would pile on her big bed, smear vaseline all over our calves and feet, eat little frosted or jelly filled cookies and watch t.v...Love Boat, Joker's Wild, Little House on the Prarie (never once suspecting that I would grow up and move to the prarie)...getting ready for bed in the soft orange and pink seashell wallpapered bathroom...sleeping on the fold out beds in the spare room with the old typewriter on its little metal table, the aqua blue sit up table, and the closet full of Polizzi and DiCicco family photo albums...waking up to her making us breakfast..the toast with fruit and nut bread, fresh squeezed orange juice, her perfect creamy scrambled eggs. What I wouldn't give for such a retreat these days!
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Here's the tag part:
Remove the first person from the following list, bump everyone up one spot and put your name in the number 5 spot.
Blessed Beyond Belief
http://blessedbeyondbelief.blogspot.com/
Thro'a Glass Darkly
http://saija.blogspot.com/
Blogin' Idiot
http://blogin_idiot.blogspot.com/
Those Who Can...Do Teach!
http://thosewhocan.blogspot.com/
JustAdjust
http://justadjust.blogspot.com/
...and add four unsuspecting people to this list -
Jenn
http://jdungca.blogspot.com/
Kristin
http://www.brian5.com/madness.php
Brian
http://www.brian5.com/drivel.php
Methy
http://www.groovedallas.com/cainfm/methy//