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kid kate
the times i still believed in magic, hoping that if i wished it enough times when i blew out candles, i would someday be able to fly. when we all still drank from the same blue cup in the bathroom.
i loved when it was back to school and we made a trip down to what was that place called and i took off my right shoe and had little pink socks on and the man came over and smiled at me and put my foot in that metal odd shaped measuring thing and he'd go mmhmm mmhmm and then go find shoes for me. then he would put them on my feet and tell me to stand up so i'd jump up and he'd kneel down and use his first finger and thumb to feel where my toe was, to see if there was enough room. i thought he was amazing because when he finally stopped doing that because i was older, my mom would do it but i wouldn't trust her and i wouldn't let her do it. i would try and do it myself but i never could do it so it felt the same way, i didnt know the technique. also it was fun running around the store in new shoes to see if they would stay on my feet.
getting happy meals, automatically getting crayons and paper at friendly's, going to the giant wooden playground and being queens of the towers, fitting me and two friends facing in with our legs dangling in the middle of the tire swing. the haircut place where there was a play area in the back with giraffes and lions on the walls so we'd pretend we were on a safari. getting lollipops at the doctor's office, playing barbies and with the my little ponies.
but you know what, its easy to still do kid things, you just have to not forget how. walk along the curb, run to the ice cream man, tear open the cereal box first so you get the toy inside, buy crappy things from 25 cent machines, and color with crayons. believe me, its fun.