Snapshots of A Simpler Life

When I was younger I was the girl who traded in black buckle Mary Jane shoes for muddy sneakers when school let out.

I was the girl who used to pretend that the slight crater in the otherwise flat backyard was a pool to jump into on a hot day.

I was the girl who could make the world out of an empty Pringles container and some colored paper.

I was the girl whose worst fear in the world was the movie “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”

I was that girl who would try to dig for fossils in the dirt patch under the swing set.

I was the girl who would do cartwheels over sidewalk cracks and get yelled at for it in the process.

I was the girl who could recite the exact words of a storybook before I could even read.

I was the girl who saw the Disney movie “Mulan” and went around the house trying to Karate kick furniture and sing “We are Men.”

There are some times when I would give anything to have those days back.