Childhood

Five Things I Miss From Childhood:

This comes from Mellie Helen at Golly Blog Howdy. A trip down memory lane. Here are Greg's five things:

1. My Friends
Carol and I learned to smoke in Bill's garage attic. Every afternoon, we'd romp in the weeds behind the houses, or go to the Plaza for some shopping. Take the Illinois Central into Chicago to the Museum of Science and Industry. Playing Pull Joe on the busy street in front of the house, with an imaginary rope. Paper routes.

2. The Midwest
We didn't have to lock the car in the driveway. People said hi to us kids on the street. If you found a quarter, you told your friends in case one of them lost it, because you'd never lie to a friend.

3. Shock Theater
Friday nights on TV after our bed time. Horror flicks. Make some popcorn. Sometimes, they even showed blood. But it was black on our black-and-white TV.

4. How peaceful a house can be without arguing.
I learned this after childhood, by contrast. I don't miss the arguing.

5. Sock Hops
We would dance with four or five different girls. They always smelled so fresh and clean. How did they wash their hair before a 7:00 pm dance when no one had a hair dryer? Especially Ladies' Choice.


And now it’s your turn. The Rules:
Remove the first person from the following list, bump everyone up one spot and put your blog in the number 5 spot. Please link all of the blogs as they are linked now, or you won’t get no dessert.

Shades of Pink
Mommy Brain
Routon Family Homeschool
Golly Blog Howdy!
Hasty Ruminations

Now select four folks who hopefully haven’t already done this meme, and add them to your list - with a disclaimer that if they choose to decline participation, it will not result in seven years’ bad luck, or even a bad hair day. Come and play if you like; no pressure.
And the tagging goes to:

Brenda at Planet Brenda
Stew at Get Stewed
Meredith at Random Thoughts
And YOU, Gentle Reader


I wonder how much of our recollections are shaded by the “things were so much better when I was a kid” phenomenon!