Ins and Outs of my Life

A Child's Play

I sit here and am listening to my youngest son play trucks. He is four. He is pushing trucks over a big make shift ramp and just to talking to himself. I am tickled as he is just in his own world. He pushes one truck at a time and talks about what happens. " Oh, that one got trapped! O.K. now let's see the big one. Man that went fast! Whee, next, O.K. helicopter your turn." Then he asks his trucks all in a pile. " You want me to get ya'll out?" He answers for the trucks. " Yeah, cause we want to play some more." " Hey, who made that noise?" he asks. " The motorcyle did." his helicopter answers back.
On and on he is talking away. Oh to be taken into his make-believe world. I do remember those moments of pretend play. Weren't those fun times as a kid? I loved to play House. I had a bunch of baby dolls and they and everything they owned went around my own house as I pretended. Sometimes a sister or friend would join. But more often I was just as happy playing in my own world.
Oh how I want my little ones to enjoy these years. They do go by fast, even though as a child you can't wait to grow up. I love being a grown-up, but even more I loved being a child. So carefree and happy. I gringe that many of America's children do not have that happiness and carefree and innocence like I did and like I pray my boys to always have as children. I am thinkful for my blessings and I do not take anything for granted. As a teacher, I have seen to many unexpected things come up in people's lives that changes everything. Anything from a death in the family, a family member going to jail or getting sick or leaving the home in divorce or anger. I do not think any of those things will ever happen to my happy family. But hey, did those folks it did happen to ever expect it to happen to them? So there is one thing I have learned and that is to not take anything for granted. I pray often to my great God that he is so good to me. I am able to relive a part of my childhood through being a mother.