I was heading through the alley on my way to park my car in my detached garage that I wish was attached to my home. In fact, I was sharing some not so kind words with my mind as I was nearing home. All of a sudden 3 kids came whooping and hollering out in the alley with N.E.R.F. guns and screams that sounded as if someone had been seriously injured. I instantly shared some more unkind words in my mind, and then it was as if my mind said "enough, Derek...remember being a kid."
I pulled into the garage so as to not look like some creepy dude just watching kids play (though I was just a creepy guy now in the garage watching these kids through my rearview mirror). I immediately began to remember my days as a kid in the summer. Maybe others can relate to what I am about to share. Here are some simple words and phrases to kickstart your mind: 1-on-1 baseball, kick the can, bicycle tag, tattletelling, fort building, pick-up basketball, candy stix (candy cigarettes for us older folk), swimming pool, neighborhood hide-and-go seek, park fights, pickle, and the list goes on. Notice none of my memories included television or video games.
Becoming an adult sometimes changes our perspective. We have so much work to do or we are so tired from a long work day. Silliness and playfulness are kid's things not how an adult behaves :). It is too hot to be outside. I'm getting too old for that type of stuff. I hope that when I am 65 (the Lord willing) that I will still be creating and crawling through forts. I am beginning to have the urge to want my own kids so I can go to the pool without being that "creepy" guy I spoke of earlier. Let's not forget to take time to be "kids" on a daily basis. I know I want to be forever young, and hopefully, no one will have to tell on me for saying things that I shouldn't say when kids are just being kids. :)
