"Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood."
I sure as hell hope not!
Published on May 25, 2004 By Sally jacobs In Home & Family
Ooooh was so worried then, it wouldn't let me write an article! Noooooooooo, might be a blessing in disguise! Because I'm going to make no sense! I'm so tired, and still feeling kind of yucky, I think I'm in need of some TLC, hmmm, this may just be me because I'm a big baby, but I really just want my Mum, lol, such a kid, ahh well. This trail of thought got me thinking to when I was a little kid, how things have changed since then, and I really miss it! I mean don't get me wrong, I enjoy the freedom I have now, but how easy was things when you was a kid. You saw everything through innocent eyes, nothing was tainted yet. Everything was a learning curve, still is for me in a lot of ways, but I miss that innocence so much. That ease of living. When I was a little kid, I loved books, I still do now, but when i was a kid I got lost in these worlds created by Enid Blyton. Wow I loved her, she helped form my imagination as a child. All the fairies and pixies, and wizards and witches, amazing. My favourite was the faraway tree, hehe, still makes me smile now thinking of it. Then I moved on to Nancy drew and the Hardy Boys ( detective fetish maybe), but you could get lost in them books, you could imagine anything to be real.

I miss believeing in Father christmas, I can't wait till Maddy Mae's older, so we can do all the pretending again, is nice to believe in the impossible, there's some kind of magic about it. I watch dominic play with his friends, and lifes so easy, no worries, no fears, no realisation of how messed up the world can be. Ignorance is bliss, so true! Don't get me wrong, I don't want to be a kid again, it can be sucky to. No freedom, someone always telling you what to do, having to go school (though I quite enjoyed that), having a bedtime (hehe quite liked that to, at least i could sleep back then!).

I guess it will just be nice to see Mads go through these things, when she sees something new, when she believes in magical worlds only alive in your imagination, I kind of hope I never fully grow up. I like being childlike, lol that makes me sound so pathetic, but I like having them hopes and dreams, that maybe impossible, but that's not the case, nothing is impossible. As we grow up we just become more cynical, we realise our parents are just mere mortals, that sucks! you see more bad than you do good, or maybe that's just me hmmmmm!

I don't really know the point of this blog, and maybe it doesn't make sense, I'm in a sleepy state, so apologies, just thinking to be a kid for a day would be nice, just a day, then I'd be like I was through high school, wishing my life away! Grass is always greener huh!

Comments
on May 25, 2004
It's not pathetic at all.

If you look back on your childhood and, at times, want it back, it means you were blessed.

And you are right, reading a book when you are a child and then reading a book when you are an adult a two perfectly different things - magic versus reason.

I guess that's the joy in having a child, they're the only time machines we know of, the only things that can transport us back.

Marco XX
on May 25, 2004
Hey sweetie i really wanna leave you a nice long comment but i gotta go!!Hecticness and i could only afford a half hour right now! But i skimmed ur article ( deserved a good read, but i got the gist!) and I wish i was a kid again all the damn time!! Stuff is good now with Holden, we're buddieroos, it's all cool. good to hear u and Kermit are getting on so well!! Fabulous!!ANyways will try and get back on line ASAP, wrote a new article, its rushed but enjoy anyways!!lots of love DYlxxx
on May 25, 2004
Yeah childhood is great, I do feel blessed, I wish I could have it back for a short time, but seeing it through kids is great to, you appreciate it that bit more!

I miss the magic of books, to much reason sucks!

Thanks for the comment
on May 25, 2004
You'll get sick of saying thankyou soon. I'll bother you soooo much that you'll have to stop therefor saveing you the risk of unnecessary typing and RSI (god, is that right? the finger or wrist thing)

You don't have to say thankyou, even though i understand and i'll never stop thanking you for yours, i love reading your blog and i love to leave the comments.

Thanks for the blog. HA

Marco XX
on May 25, 2004
when i was a kid I got lost in these worlds created by Enid Blyton. Wow I loved her, she helped form my imagination as a child. All the fairies and pixies, and wizards and witches, amazing. My favourite was the faraway tree, hehe, still makes me smile now thinking of it.


Sally I still have a huge box full of her books.

I miss my childhood alot too and Marco is right it does mean you were blessed.

I'm lucky enough to have some nephews and a neice that I can do all the childish things I want with ......and get away with it

I still run outside and play in the rain and splash in puddles ....the problem with lots of " grown ups " is they forget about the sheer pleasure of the simple things.

Jess
on May 26, 2004
You're right marco...in the wrist I think. I know i don't have to say thank you but it's nice that you read it and always leave nice comments, and I'm sure you'll get sick of my long ass comments way before I get sick of saying thank you, ooooh, is that a challenge, hehe! THANKS for the comment !!!

Jess i kept all my books to, to hopefully read to my kids one day, so hey can enjoy what I did as a kid. My sister just provided me with my first niece, and I'm already enjoying doing all the childish stuff, hehe! You're right, adults don't appreciate the simple things, and they can be so much fun!