Childhood Moments Like These

The feel of a soft fleece blanket brushed against my face

The smell of a baby after a warm bath

A puppy chasing my pant legs as I run and fall, then I am mauled

A mother cat curled up with her newborn kittens at her breasts

My grandmother's oatmeal raisin cookies in the cookie jar upon the countertop

My grandfather piling up all the grandchildren in one car to get to the ice cream parlor to get dilly bars

The drive-in theatre where we would bring our sleeping wear

We would fall asleep during dad's favorite western movie on the big screen

A walk to the penny candy store, where we would fill our bags full of goodies, my favorite, the slow poke

Going to the fair, eating corndogs, and cotton candy, riding the rides, up and down on the roller coaster, waving our arms

As a child, that old maple tree in the front lawn was a pretend gas station

My friends on their bicycles would have make believe cars and fill up their tanks at the tree

Catching lightening bugs at dark, and putting them all in a jar, watching them light up

Playing hopscotch and red rover, and shooting marbles, at recess on the playground at school

Marching in the band with my classmates for the homecoming parade

My first kiss, and my first love, holding hands, and wearing a bracelet with his name on it

Skating at the local skating rink, doing the hokey pokey, and skating backwards for the first time

All of the family together at Christmas time forming a circle singing holiday songs

Friday and Saturday nights watching the late night scary movies, with pizza and popcorn

Going to the football and basketball games with my friends then out for burgers and fries

My first car, my twenty first birthday, my first house, my first baby boy

If I had just one more moment in time for every wonderful thing, I would run in the wind

Dance on the streets, play my guitar, dress all up and really live it up

Now I am old, my energy has faded, my heart is weeping for just one more moment

With you by my side I will have everlasting moments in the glorious heavens above

We will dance and sing, hold hands, play ring around the rosie and pretend

Holding on to one more moment into the sky we will reach, through the clouds, over the rainbow into eternity

Childhood memories carry on forever in moments like this