Somtimes I Want to be a Kid Again

SOMETIMES I WANT TO BE A KID AGAIN



 I want to go back to the time when -- Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."
 -- Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming "do over!"
 -- "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
 -- Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly."
 -- Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening.
 -- It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
 -- Being old referred to anyone over 20.
 -- The net on a tennis court was the perfect height to play volleyball and
 the rules didn't matter.
 -- The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
 -- It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.
 -- It was unbelievable that dodgeball wasn't an Olympic event.
 -- Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot.
 -- Nobody was prettier than Mom.
 -- Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
 -- It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people"
 rides at the amusement park.
 -- Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
 -- Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare."
 -- Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for action figures.
 -- "Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense.
 -- Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
 -- The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
 -- War was a card game.
 -- Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
 -- Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
 -- Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin.
 -- Ice cream was considered a basic food group.
 -- Older siblings were the worst tormentors but also the fiercest protectors.