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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.