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The Prompts:
1.) The simple things…
Sometimes I miss the simple things. When did everything get so complicated?
I remember a time where a day outside the house building forts in the woods were the best days whatever you could find to create a roof and walls was wonderful. Now it seems to keep my boyfriends kids happily occupied they need the newest Modern Warfare or whatever that game is called for the X-box.
Thats when I thank god for my 4 year old. Since like me he spent the majority of his 4 year old life living in the country and up untill we moved to where we are now his best friend was a horse, and the dog provided hours of entertainment by bringing the ball to him to throw what little distance he could.
Even now living in the city where we can easily go to a swimming pool or go to a park with water that shoots up from the ground the best thing ever is going to Grandpa and Grandma's once a year where he can see the horses and play with J.R. the dog who is always thrilled to have his playmate back.
Proof that sometimes no matter how hard you think you have to try to make their days full of endless entertainment and memories its sometimes the most simpliest of things that are remembered. Whether its the image of one little boy in dusty wranglers and a straw hat rolling in the dirt next to the dog or him looking at the horse saying go away even though he is in the horse pen playing in the water trough. Never mind the fact that hours before you took him to the state fair when asked what the best part of the day was the response is "playing with J.R." These are the memories that stand out the best and will stick with a person long past the time that this was a daily or even yearly thing.
It's lovely to reflect like this every so often, isn't it?
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Isn't it amazing the things they remember? I find it ironic that it is usually not the most expensive or elaborate things, it is usually the simple, quiet, moments.
ReplyDeleteSo true! Being a mother living under the poverty line, I do whatever I can to make sure I am taking my son to every fantastic free or cheap event out there. But after a couple of hours he will ask me, "Can we go home now?" He is never happier then when he is home in our cramped mess of an apartment, my husband and I and he, watching a favorite television program together.
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