Rememberies

Rememberies

I love thinking about the thoughts that I had when I was a little girl. 


Sometimes a formation of mental images will come into my head and I shut out the world around me and go into my soundproof little bubble and really let the thought unfold and try and draw out as much of it as I can remember. 


Even if some of them are simply from pictures I've seen, they're still fun to think about. Like I definitely don't think I actually remember the time my family sat around the table and watched as I used my 1st birthday cake as a full body mud wrap, covering my face and hair in pink icing. But it was awesome, I'm positive of that.


And I do NOT remember all the horrible things my parents did to my head and I'm sure if I had any say at all that I would NOT have permitted it. Like these AWful hats, and ODD haircuts!! 

I do remember things that were important to me however, like my sweet sticker collection and this bird that was SUPPOSED to be my pet until his wing healed an he got better and flew off and left me! Ditcher. He was probably scared of my hair and that diabolical glare!

Anyways now life is way not as fun. There is no more cake to rub in and around my eyes and I have to worry about stuff like paying bills and health and fitness and taxes and and all those mundane details that come with being a grown-up. And that stuff is definitely not as fun and pretty to organize in an album and trade on the sidewalk with your friends. So it's fun to bring up those memories from the past that make you smile and shut your eyes tight and not want to open them again. Kinda like when you try so hard to stay asleep and in the dream with Bradley Cooper and the delicious ice teas and the beach... 

I've been remembering some of the things that I wanted when I was younger.

-  A broken limb. Any limb that resulted in a cast would have been fine, although a leg would have been extra awesome because then I would needed crutches too.

- A tree house (preferably with electricity)

- An older brother.

- A years supply of gushers. My mom never bought them for us so I would trade my cheese & crackers for someone's gushers.

- A water bed. (Got it. And yes, it rocked my socks off)

- Retainer or braces. I used to suck on fruit roll-ups till they would stick to the roof of my mouth and pretend it was my retainer. My awesome retainer made of sugary goodness!

- World Peace. No, I seriously did. I never understood why the place that made money couldn't just make more of it and give some to the starving people in Africa and all the homeless people under the overpass in Calgary and then everyone would probably be happy. Probably.

I know I have a lot less going on in life than most people, I honestly can't complain. And I know in 10 years I'll look back and wish for today but today I'm looking back and wishing for the days when I could go a whole week with pigtails in my hair and shoes on the wrong feet. As long as my sticker collection was complete and in proper order, little else had much importance to me. A couple weeks ago I watched while these little girls played and laughed and sat on the grass with bare feet and not a single care in the world and I was glad for the reminder of those days.