Whoop! Whoop! Hip-hip hooray! School's out for the summer! And ain't it a
glorious time!
Oh the memories! I'm sure you have them too. Has there ever been anything so
anticipated or so thrilling as walking out that front schoolhouse door on the
last day of school? We all looked so forward to it - three structureless
months - no school and no rules! (Well maybe a few!) Yeah- it was AWESOME!!!
So what did you do with your summers? Did you work? Did you play? If you're anywhere near my age, I'm
guessing your summers possibly looked quite similar to mine. You remember, don't
you? Of course you do! How could you forget?
Like:
... Sleeping in until noon. (Or not! Generally not!)
... Walking beans from the break of dawn until noon. (That old rusty corn knife!
That much needed first aid kit!)
... Eating lunch (dinner at our house) by 1:00 so we could jump into the pool at
2:00. (Had to wait an hour! Didn't wanna drown with cramps!)
... Mowing anybody's and everybody's lawns with an old push mower, and earning
three bucks per yard! (I kid you not!)
... Making malts at the drive-in or serving burgers at the local pub. (Earning a
whole 75 cents an hour!)
... Playing "touch" football, (yeah right!), "hard-ball" baseball, or
"jam-it-down-your-throat" basketball (ain't that the truth!) with the neighbor
kids. (you guessed it - 99% boys!)
... Wearing the blue and white, batting number nine, and scooping up grounders
with my good ol' "Rocky" softball glove. (Nights under the lights were the
best!)
... Celebrating the win by flippin "yu-eys" on Main Street. ( Ed, the town cop loved us!)
... And then - waking up and doing it all over again the next day!
Oh yeah! Just remembering makes me smile! Those days were amazing! And while
summers may be a bit different for our kids today, summers are still amazing
none the less. I'm sure you've heard the old saying, "the more things change,
the more things stay the same"? Well, I certainly think those words can be said about summer. It
warms my heart every time I hear that kids still play outside with
the neighbors kids, they still chase fireflies at dark, they still go out for little league and other team sports, and they still make cannonballs
in the local pool!
Yep! It just makes me smile! Summers ARE the best! Enjoy every minute!!
..................................................The girls of summer 1975............................................
