I miss my childhood. I remember always being outside and with friends, just roaming around the neighborhood looking for something to do. We use to play baseball, soccer, kickball, and even tag at like 9:30 p.m. before the town curfew. My friends and I were always climbing trees and running around pretending we were superheros and searching for the villans at the park. I miss those days, because as I grew up, I've noticed my imagination slipping away. I use to be able to sit in the sandbox, hours on end making a castle that was being attacked, or making a big mountian which the hot wheel cars would race up. Playing house, and cops and robbers suddenly became obsolete around the time when video games became more and more realistic. I no longer had to imangine anything because the people were right there in front of me. The story already layed out and all I had to do was follow the path. This world has become so high tech, everyone is just sitting inside, watching the latest movie on the HDTV, pausing live TV so they can grab something from the kitchen, and rocking out to the latest video game complete with drums, guitar, bass, and mic. Now I'm not putting any of these ideas down, because I do enjoy Rock Band. I admitt it is fun and addicting. But I miss recess. I miss running around the neighborhood. I miss being outside, and all the fun that came with it. And I try to get out there, but it's not as I remember it. I'm not going to let this get me down though. Maybe through example, people will begin to see what they've left behind and will come out. I'd hate to leave you with just this one thought, but school is cancelled, there's fresh packing snow on the ground, and I'm going to go out and make a snowman. Never let growing up take away your childhood.