I found this in one of my piles today.
As a child in the '70s and '80s, I wanted to:
...be a ballerina
...be a ballerina
...be a model
...to look like Jayne Kennedy or Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
...be a writer
...live near my extended family in Galveston
...live by the sea
...be better in gym class
...be a leader
...be a cheerleader
...wear makeup and pantyhose
...always protect my younger brother
...be a singer
...play the flute
...to play the daughter of the onscreen superhero, Isis and hang with Samantha of Bewitched
...to visit far away places like England and France
...to spend more time with Daddy
...to have a rabbit fur jacket
...to change the world-- especially South Africa
...for us to have extra money to spend on going to places like White Water, Sesame Place, International Wildlife Park and Malibu
...to travel back in time like people travel to cities
Things I actually did as a child:
Collected stones and sea shells
Listened to "black music" and "symphony music" on my big, blue pair of transistor headphones
Roller skated on the sidewalks in the neighborhood and at Starlite skating rink
Played jacks, Uno, concentration, Crazy 8's and Boggle
Bossed my little brother around
Drew pictures
Wrote notes to cute boys
Read Laura Ingalls Wilder, Encyclopedia Brown, Scott O'Dell and Mildred D. Taylor books
Savored every summer and Christmas vacation spent with my extended family in Galveston
Wrote simple books and songs
Babysat a couple of kids named Talisha and B.J.
wore cornrows or an afro jheri curl
Played in mama's makeup
Got in trouble for playing in mama's makeup
Went to slumber parties
Watched a lot of television-- especially loved Fame, Gimme a Break and The Cosby Show as well as soap operas like Dallas, Dynasty, All My Children and the Young and the Restless
Played clarinet-- badly :)
Taught myself to ride a bike after getting over the fear of falling off
Got chased by dogs
could identify familiar songs after hearing a few notes
Experimented with making culinary concoctions
Made sock dolls, doll clothes and quilt patches
Collected Archie comics
Had a good sense of direction and could help visiting family members navigate their way throughout parts of the city familiar to me
Jumped rope, played hand games, freeze tag, Stop and Go and Simon Says with the other kids at Mrs. Ola Mae Giddings daycare
...to look like Jayne Kennedy or Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
...be a writer
...live near my extended family in Galveston
...live by the sea
...be better in gym class
...be a leader
...be a cheerleader
...wear makeup and pantyhose
...always protect my younger brother
...be a singer
...play the flute
...to play the daughter of the onscreen superhero, Isis and hang with Samantha of Bewitched
...to visit far away places like England and France
...to spend more time with Daddy
...to have a rabbit fur jacket
...to change the world-- especially South Africa
...for us to have extra money to spend on going to places like White Water, Sesame Place, International Wildlife Park and Malibu
...to travel back in time like people travel to cities
Things I actually did as a child:
Collected stones and sea shells
Listened to "black music" and "symphony music" on my big, blue pair of transistor headphones
Roller skated on the sidewalks in the neighborhood and at Starlite skating rink
Played jacks, Uno, concentration, Crazy 8's and Boggle
Bossed my little brother around
Drew pictures
Wrote notes to cute boys
Read Laura Ingalls Wilder, Encyclopedia Brown, Scott O'Dell and Mildred D. Taylor books
Savored every summer and Christmas vacation spent with my extended family in Galveston
Wrote simple books and songs
Babysat a couple of kids named Talisha and B.J.
wore cornrows or an afro jheri curl
Played in mama's makeup
Got in trouble for playing in mama's makeup
Went to slumber parties
Watched a lot of television-- especially loved Fame, Gimme a Break and The Cosby Show as well as soap operas like Dallas, Dynasty, All My Children and the Young and the Restless
Played clarinet-- badly :)
Taught myself to ride a bike after getting over the fear of falling off
Got chased by dogs
could identify familiar songs after hearing a few notes
Experimented with making culinary concoctions
Made sock dolls, doll clothes and quilt patches
Collected Archie comics
Had a good sense of direction and could help visiting family members navigate their way throughout parts of the city familiar to me
Jumped rope, played hand games, freeze tag, Stop and Go and Simon Says with the other kids at Mrs. Ola Mae Giddings daycare
Drooled over Taimak, Tony Dorsett, Todd Bridges, Gregory Harrison, Ralph Macchio, Joe Montana, Rob Lowe
Plastered my bedroom walls with every Michael Jackson poster I could find
Plastered my bedroom walls with every Michael Jackson poster I could find
2 comments:
I loved it, especially the pictures -- so cute!
I feel inspired to write something similar. Would you mind?
Good to know you're keeping yourself productive!
Don't forget to share when you're done -- I mean it!
Bjs
Katia
Katia,
Sorry it took me so long to respond.
I don't at all mind if you do something similar. In my mind, that's part of the point-- each person stepping into the roda to speak their speak and add their memories or thoughts.
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