Back then, life was sweet!

I really miss preschool & kindergarten those days in Grenada, going on trips every friday!
whether it rained whether it shined we went on a bus trip!
Sometimes to the waterfalls, sometimes to the lakes, sometimes to the beaches and other times to some place historic!
My favorite trip was to visit the distillery in river antoine because on that trip we got a lot for the price of one:
we'd go to the rum disitllery, then we'd head up the hill to lake antoine, then back down where we'd have lunch on bathway beach, all 3 right near by.. who doesnt like three for the price of one?
I really miss being 10...what problems could i say i had then?
got my little allowance everyday before i left for school.
but what did i need money to buy back then? junk food while taking that long walk home after school?
So money wasnt one of my problems at 10 ..
and people didnt matter much back then the only thing i know is that there were a lot of them there, and i loved most of them... thats it!!!
didnt care what they did, what they wanted, or why they was there!
i wasnt wondering what do they want from me, are they here to use me? maybe they're trying to manipulate me?
i didnt think about all of this while being a kid...
i was carefree and too busy playing, having fun.. all i cared about was me!
when it was time to play i wanted to play,
time to eat i went to eat!
time to go to school, i went without a problem and even cried on the days when i was too sick to attend (then high school came along and school just became another thing i had to go thru even though i hated it with a passion),
when the boring sundays came by and the macaroni pie , baked chicken, and cole slaw was still being prepared? the passionfuit to make that tasty juice was still not picked from the tree?
i wanted to head to the beach right behind me until my sunday lunch was ready and thats exactly what i'd do!
By the time I came from the beach man was i hungry, and best of all my lunch was ready!
yall already know how the beach makes us hungry!
as a kid we're selfish, untroubled and at ease!
maybe we shouldnt outgrow all of it!!!
i wonder what has happened since then?
because back then life was sweet!!!!!! :)

By: Reneelma G.Langdon 04/13/2010