Close your eyes....And go back.... Before the Internet or the MAC
Before semi automatics and crack
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...Way back.......<br /><br />I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk.<br /><br />Red light,Green light.<br /><br />Playing kickball & dodgeball until the street lights came on.<br /><br />Mother May I? Red Rover. Hula Hoops.<br /><br />Running through the sprinkler. Happy Meals.<br /><br />Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons. Fat Albert, Road Runner,<br /><br />Smurfs, Picture Pages, G-Force<br /><br />The kids from the show Saved By The <ST1:CITY><ST1
LACE>Bell</ST1LACE></ST1:CITY> were your idols, <br /><br />and all the girls were in love with Zack<br /><br />Wonder Woman & Super Man Underoos. Playing Dukes of Hazard.<br /><br />Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar.<br /><br />Christmas morning..you were so happy and now your not that happy lil kid any more<br /><br />Your first day of school.<br /><br />Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses.<br /><br />Climbing trees.<br /><br />Getting an Ice Cream off the Ice Cream Truck.<br /><br />A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers. <br /><br />Jumpin down the steps.<br /><br />Being tired from playin'....<br /><br />Your first crush......<br /><br />Rainy days at school meant playing "Heads up 7Up" in the class room.<br /><br />Remember that? I'm not finished yet....<br /><br />Kool-aid was the drink of summer.<br /><br />Riding your friends on your handle bars.<br /><br />Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school. <br />Class Field Trips.<br /><br />When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there.<br /><br />When a quarter seemed like a fair allowance and another quarter a miracle.<br /><br />When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.<br /><br />When your parents took you to McDonalds and you were so cool. <br />When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home.<br /><br />Basically, we were in fear for our lives, <br /><br />but it wasn't because of drive by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc.<br /><br />Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! <br /><br />And some of us are still afraid of em!!!<br /><br />Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!<br /><br />There's nothing like the good old days! <br /><br />They were good then, and they're good now when we think about them. <br />Share some of these thoughts with a friend who can relate, <br /><br />then share it with someone that missed out on them.<br /><br />I want to go back to the time when............<br /><br />Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo", <br /><br />mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"<br /><br />"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.<br /><br />Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in Monopoly.<br /><br />Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening.<br /><br />Being old, referred to anyone over 20.<br /><br />The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.<br /><br />Nobody was prettier than Mom.<br /><br />Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.<br /><br />It was no big deal to finally be tall enough to ride, <br /><br />the "big people" rides at the amusement park.<br /><br />Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.<br /><br />Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare".<br /><br />Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.<br /><br />The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.<br /><br />Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.<br /><br />Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.<br /><br />If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!!<br /><br />Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up" life...<br /><br />I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU!!!!!!!
LACE>Bell</ST1LACE></ST1:CITY> were your idols, <br /><br />and all the girls were in love with Zack<br /><br />Wonder Woman & Super Man Underoos. Playing Dukes of Hazard.<br /><br />Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar.<br /><br />Christmas morning..you were so happy and now your not that happy lil kid any more<br /><br />Your first day of school.<br /><br />Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses.<br /><br />Climbing trees.<br /><br />Getting an Ice Cream off the Ice Cream Truck.<br /><br />A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers. <br /><br />Jumpin down the steps.<br /><br />Being tired from playin'....<br /><br />Your first crush......<br /><br />Rainy days at school meant playing "Heads up 7Up" in the class room.<br /><br />Remember that? I'm not finished yet....<br /><br />Kool-aid was the drink of summer.<br /><br />Riding your friends on your handle bars.<br /><br />Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school. <br />Class Field Trips.<br /><br />When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there.<br /><br />When a quarter seemed like a fair allowance and another quarter a miracle.<br /><br />When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.<br /><br />When your parents took you to McDonalds and you were so cool. <br />When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home.<br /><br />Basically, we were in fear for our lives, <br /><br />but it wasn't because of drive by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc.<br /><br />Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! <br /><br />And some of us are still afraid of em!!!<br /><br />Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!<br /><br />There's nothing like the good old days! <br /><br />They were good then, and they're good now when we think about them. <br />Share some of these thoughts with a friend who can relate, <br /><br />then share it with someone that missed out on them.<br /><br />I want to go back to the time when............<br /><br />Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo", <br /><br />mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"<br /><br />"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.<br /><br />Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in Monopoly.<br /><br />Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening.<br /><br />Being old, referred to anyone over 20.<br /><br />The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.<br /><br />Nobody was prettier than Mom.<br /><br />Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.<br /><br />It was no big deal to finally be tall enough to ride, <br /><br />the "big people" rides at the amusement park.<br /><br />Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.<br /><br />Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare".<br /><br />Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.<br /><br />The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.<br /><br />Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.<br /><br />Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.<br /><br />If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!!<br /><br />Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up" life...<br /><br />I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU!!!!!!!
