Sitting here at my desk, I look up to the bookshelf above me.
There are seven compartments that hold envelopes, mail…things I need at an arm’s reach.
In one of the compartments there is a bottle of White Out Correction Fluid.

If you ever used a typewriter, White Out was indispensable.
Before computers and spell check, there were dictionaries and correction fluid.

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It had been a wonderful day.
My youngest son was about two years old and we had a full day planned together.
It was fun to plan one on one days…when the older three were in school.
Our youngest daughter wasn’t even born yet.

My son and I went out to lunch and played at a park.
I even did a little birthday shopping for my husband.
We got home long before the other children would get off the bus.
I opened the door.

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Don’t you love to watch little children play hide and seek?
I especially love to watch toddlers cover their eyes with their hands and think that because they can’t see you, you can’t see them.
If it were only that easy.

There was nothing better on a summer night than to play hide and seek.
Of course, you had to set the rules: no hiding in a tree, no hiding in a parked car on the driveway, no hiding in the house…

It was never as much fun to be “it”.
It was boring to lean up against a tree, close your eyes and count.

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A splash of color caught my eye.
There were daisies with colorful petals, hearts, flowers, happy faces…
Arrows pointing to a message here, another message there.
I saw the word FRIENDS in large bubble letters.

Chalk pavement pictures drawn by two little girls down the street.

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