Friday, January 13, 2006

Remember When?


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Do you remember when things weren't quite so complicated, when life was easy because someone else took care of all the important stuff? Whatever happened to those days? In many ways it seems like only yesterday, when I was free to be a child and didn't have to solve such complicated problems, as how to pay the taxes, and deal with such frustrating issues, as how to enjoy relationships; yet, I can barely remember, even the feeling, much less the reality. This picture of me took me back to those days when life was simple; when complicated was trying to tie my shoe; when problems were things we solved in arithmetic, that really weren't too problematic; when eating my grandmother's chicken and dumplins were the highlight of my day; when Santa Clause really came; when I lived the moment I was in, to the fullest; and when the present was so much fun and the future was something so far away, that I saw no use in considering it.
Well, that was then and this is now, but for some reason I am having the old, familiar yearning to be a child again--to run and play and live, really live, without all the clutter and frustration of adulthood!
Maybe I am just getting old and senile, but I really think not (though I probably am); even so, I believe there is more life to be lived and I have a hankering to get to it! Anyone care to join me?

1 comment:

Annie said...

count me in! the writing, as usual, was inspiring. but, big darlin!....you were soooo cute!!! thanks for including the pic. i miss you!!! talk to you soon!