Let's talk a walk on memory lane! 😀

I'm a little late to the party, but I'm feeling nostalgic.

Back in my day, we had chores to do after school. That weren't written down, and you didn't get a star for. No one was allowed in the house if no one was home. The phone had that curly cord that was great for twirling for hours around your fingers. We spent time outside, and with other kids, exploring nature. Catching lightning bugs, frogs, butterflies, exploring creeks, fields, woods. We weren't afraid to move, and got bruised and skinned knees and elbows. We rode our bikes for miles, and most of the summer, we were unaccounted for. We made forts, played dodgeball, kick ball, jump rope, hand games, jacks, tv/freeze tag, Chinese jump rope. Collected baseball and garbage pail kids cards, ate penny candy, played in the arcades, met at the mall. We still had manners, other kids parents or elders could reprimand or discipline you, and the school. I remember getting my knuckles cracked with a ruler in 2nd grade for counting on my fingers during math class. You had to be home by dark, and ate one dinner. If you didn't, you didn't eat, and had to clean your plate. Everyone ate at the dinner table, I had to set the table, do the dishes. Homework was expected to be done, and I had a bedtime, even through high school. Candy was a gift in the stocking at Christmas, like the lifesaver "book". We picked our Christmas wish list out of the sears wishbook. We were allowed to open one present on Christmas eve, and we had to wait for everyone to get up Christmas day to open presents. Christmas eve was spent traveling to family's houses, and the long sleepy car ride home. A big dinner Christmas day, and time off school for Christmas break. It was really such a good time, and I would love to have another, especially one more hug from my grandmother or baking Christmas cookies with her.