When I was a kid…

When I was a kid:

playdates weren’t so formal, and didn’t always require planning.

i made rainbow pancakes and threw them out the 10th floor window.

we would slide in the mud after big rains in the neighbor’s driveway.

i wanted to be everything and do everything.

i believed anything was possible.

grown-ups had issues, and i had no desire to get there fast.

everybody smiled and said hi when passing in the street.

we would search for stones in the river and cover ourselves in river clay.

that’s what I thought my childhood was. until i had a kid —

To be continued….