The X~Misses of Our Youth

[panic in paradise]

i keep remembering going to my grandparents, them making everyone stay up for Lawrence Weltz(sp), them both falling asleep and waking up instantly if the tv was messed with.
the 6 hour car rides with my parents and little brother, all the land marks along the way, and how the drive back seemed so much faster.
walking down their street to get a movie or go to the sporting goods store with $cash$, the air smelling like oil refineries, fresh grass, and the gulf, hiking through a strip-mall parking lot, feeling sooo excited and full of energy.
my brother going to sleep in the bed next to me in their twin bed bedroom, and being so excited.

everyone looking at us so pleased and beaming, my brother and i not even knowing what innocence was.

 

[WhoKahSmknKatapila]

awww the times of our youth. the raw unexperienced emotions that followed us around like a warm coat. and now all we are left w/ is fading memories and our nostalgia.

for what it is worth i am very thankful for those memories. it reminds me of how precious life can be. what scares me most is that I forget these moments b/c as the years pass i remember less and less. time is a funny thing and as we get old its important we remember our past but fuck its hard.

happy holidays!

 

[ocean]

We moved around so much............we never had big traditions..........
but we would spend it together most of the time going to a nice dinner at one of the hotels my father worked at. (I always liked that and became a food snob b/c of it)
We'd get presents on Christmas morning until my brother caught on- then we'd do presents on Xmas eve so we could all sleep in the next day.........
My Dad would always go all out when he was home for Christmas.........
The tree would be dwarfed by the mountain of presents he'd give.
I remember one year I got this AWESOME purse and I was thrilled to death with the purse and then he says "Open it! What's inside?" and I opened it to find it full of 20's! :D 500 bucks worth.
That was very very very very cool :D
This is the first year I will have Christmas with my parents and brother in a decade.
We had dinner just the 4 of us last night and watched a movie (I only made it halfway before having to drive home) and tonight we're all doing dinner together with my husband and his parents and my best friend/sister..........

 

[QuasiStoned]

All I know is that I wish I could go back to that intense excitement I had as a child on Christmas. We never really went anywhere or did anything but holy shit was I ever excited to see all the presents under the tree.

Life was SOO much more interesting as a child.

 

[Silenced]

All I know is that I wish I could go back to that intense excitement I had as a child on Christmas. We never really went anywhere or did anything but holy shit was I ever excited to see all the presents under the tree.

Life was SOO much more interesting as a child.

It is so true. The excitement and fun of childhood.

Now, I'm just worried about bills and all that lovely adult stuff.