tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86964024870473132.post8058213880245188607..comments2023-04-21T08:08:20.390-05:00Comments on Commonplace Crazy: Whatever happened to childhood?Cynthia Meentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14775952813637311480noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86964024870473132.post-72688310423253199672011-11-02T18:30:44.368-05:002011-11-02T18:30:44.368-05:00Ha! I would have liked to grow up in the country. ...Ha! I would have liked to grow up in the country. My Hillbilly grew up on a farm in Missouri. He went to a one-room school. It all sounds fun to me. But I loved my childhood just as it was.Cynthia Meentshttp://www.commonplacecrazy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86964024870473132.post-84930701083239072332011-11-02T02:27:39.530-05:002011-11-02T02:27:39.530-05:00I grew up in the country, so I was free to wander ...I grew up in the country, so I was free to wander our 10 acres but my companions were not children but goats, geese and a donkey. I always envied the kids I saw playing in packs when we drove into town.theparanormalistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86964024870473132.post-77177012791337979132011-11-01T23:28:49.029-05:002011-11-01T23:28:49.029-05:00Thanks for dropping by, Beth. Those were good days...Thanks for dropping by, Beth. Those were good days, weren't they?Cynthia Meentshttp://www.commonplacecrazy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86964024870473132.post-58126315315744253952011-11-01T23:26:44.963-05:002011-11-01T23:26:44.963-05:00I did leave her out, didn't I? It took me year...I did leave her out, didn't I? It took me years to figure out her name. Her mom wrote it down for me once, "Marina." That made no sense at all until years later I realized that "Marinita" is to "Marina" what "Christy" is to "Chris." And we heard that R as a D because we didn't recognize the Spanish accent. I had forgotten she had a baby brother though. I remember her dad bringing home fireworks from Mexico. Lots of memories.Cynthia Meentshttp://www.commonplacecrazy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86964024870473132.post-49623727732509224992011-11-01T23:15:26.576-05:002011-11-01T23:15:26.576-05:00Ahhhh, the good old days! You remember a lot of ki...Ahhhh, the good old days! You remember a lot of kids that I don't . but you forgot Mody......Modiennita.. however you spell that. She had a cute baby brother and she was younger than us, but had her ears pierced!Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86964024870473132.post-19171739788093498762011-11-01T14:29:02.376-05:002011-11-01T14:29:02.376-05:00I remember the good old days, too. My favorite? F...I remember the good old days, too. My favorite? Flashlight tag! We'd play for hours.Bethhttp://emtnester.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com