Childhood Memories

I think I've decided there needs to be 6 of me. I need 1 of me to do the housework, 1 to volunteer for church, 1 to go to school, 1 to work, 1 to run our business, and 1 to have fun. Geez... no wonder I'm tired- I'm doing 6 people's jobs! :-) How blessed we are as women to be able to multitask!

It's a crazy thing when your life is filled with so many different things, sometimes you are so tired- that you don't even feel like putting forth the effort to have fun. There have been days when I have come home and just felt like I don't even have the eneregy to try to relax. ;-)
I can't complain though- it's nice to know that you are working hard and making a difference in the world.

Sometimes I like to reflect on the "care-free" years of my childhood. Now not all of my childhood was carefree- I dealt with a lot of struggles as a teen,- but what I wouldn't give to be 9 again! I remember going to the beachhouse with our whole family and putting on the most ridiculous skits. I was always the writer and director of the skits- b/c I'm the oldest grandchild... Our poor parents and grandparents would sit and endure hours of all of us trying to be funny and cute. I remember going to see OKLAHOMA the musical and THE ALAMO on the beach in Galveston- I had my ears plugged the whole time b/c the cannons were too loud. I remember organizing the neighborhood kids to put on a show- and then charging the neighbors to attend in our front yard. I remember trips to the dollar theatre-(we thought we were hot stuff without our parents). I remember trips to McFrugal's (a dollar store)- we would buy all kinds of junk and then take it home and show off what "treasures" we had gotten. I remember that every year on the fourth of July, we would pop small firecrackers in the street- then we would drive to the mall to see a huge show. We had to drug our poor dogs (our vet's advice) to keep them sane- and we would leave them inside with Mozart playing in the background to keep them calm. I remember joint birthday parties with my little sister- b/c our birthdays are so close. I remember trips to Peaceful Valley Ranch in Bandera, TX- one year my friends and I thought it would be funny to play a trick on my sister and we made a "water snake" out of tin foil and launched it in the river while we were rafting... funny thing- she didn't get scared- but then we all got freaked out b/c a REAL water snake swam by when we were in the water pulling the raft. I remember jamming out to Tiffany songs and Depeche Mode. I remember reading Sweet Valley High Books and wearing BEST FRIENDS necklaces- and thinking I was
so COOL. Childhood was carefree and fun.... what I wouldn't give to have that again....
Well, maybe I will someday- when we have children of our own- maybe some of that childhood magic and freedom will come back.