Writer's Workshop: Prompt #4
You can go back to your childhood for one day. What day and age do you choose?
It was a Saturday morning and it was time to go.
The boat was packed and ready to be hitched to the van.
The coolers were full of food and drink for the day and baskets held towels needed for time spent at the beach. Children were dressed in swim suits and inflatable water toys peeked out from the back of the boat.
The sky was blue and the sun was just starting to warm the day.
My thoughts were drawn to the water. The blue color, the waves and the coolness it offered after being in the sun on a warm summer day.
Perhaps today I would meet a mermaid and she would show me her underwater kingdom. We would play in the waves and swim with the dolphins. We would find all the treasures that the lake kept secret.
Perhaps.
Or maybe when we climbed to the top of the tallest sand dune, I would be able to touch the clouds. Just reach out and touch one as they went by. The white clouds seemed to float so effortlessly in the brilliant blue sky. I just want to touch one. I could grab hold and float away for a ride like no other.
Perhaps.
Or maybe we would finally find the deepest part of the lake. The boat would know the way. The part of the lake where the light beams seems to be coming up from the bottom, from a secret city hidden in the bluish green water. It would bubble up to the surface just for us and just as quickly as it came it would be gone again.
Perhaps.
Perhaps, I was just 10 years old.
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You can go back to your childhood for one day. What day and age do you choose?
It was a Saturday morning and it was time to go.
The boat was packed and ready to be hitched to the van.
The coolers were full of food and drink for the day and baskets held towels needed for time spent at the beach. Children were dressed in swim suits and inflatable water toys peeked out from the back of the boat.
The sky was blue and the sun was just starting to warm the day.
My thoughts were drawn to the water. The blue color, the waves and the coolness it offered after being in the sun on a warm summer day.
Perhaps today I would meet a mermaid and she would show me her underwater kingdom. We would play in the waves and swim with the dolphins. We would find all the treasures that the lake kept secret.
Perhaps.
Or maybe when we climbed to the top of the tallest sand dune, I would be able to touch the clouds. Just reach out and touch one as they went by. The white clouds seemed to float so effortlessly in the brilliant blue sky. I just want to touch one. I could grab hold and float away for a ride like no other.
Perhaps.
Or maybe we would finally find the deepest part of the lake. The boat would know the way. The part of the lake where the light beams seems to be coming up from the bottom, from a secret city hidden in the bluish green water. It would bubble up to the surface just for us and just as quickly as it came it would be gone again.
Perhaps.
Perhaps, I was just 10 years old.
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This was a common way for a Saturday to be spent in my family growing up. My parents own a boat that they trailer behind the family van. Almost every weekend, growing up we were out on that boat.
This was our family time, just my mom, dad, sister, brother and me. Some of my best childhood memories were made while on that boat. As a family, we did not take big family vacations but we didn't need to because every weekend we were off on another adventures with the boat.
I remember those days so vividly and all those things that I used to pretend but most of all I remember the happiness and the laughter. It wasn't about things it was just about being together as a family. It just goes to show that it is truly the little things that make life so great.
20 comments:
Great story. That is exactly why I'm wanting to get a boat to take to the lake with our kids. Our lake is only 2 miles from our house.
Great post Jen!!! Thanks for taking me back to a time of simplicity and warmth! It is all those little thing and little moments that make life so so sweet! Sometime we just need to be reminded :-)
what wonderful memories!! those are great things to remember from childhood!!!
I swear I could almost smell the water! Great post. It brought me back to my childhood at the lake. :)
what a great post, i love the trip down memory lane!
that's awesome!!! i love it! and what a great time with your fam...
brooke talks all the time about meeting a mermaid when we go on vacation to the ocean...so fun!
Those are great memories!! Thanks for sharing that:-)
Awesome memories!!!! Cherish them always =-)
Awesome! I hope I can do the same for my kids, the simple things!
What sweet memories :) If I close my eyes there are still some childhood memories that are so deeply etched in my brain that I can almost see them.
Beautiful post :)
That reminds me so much of my childhood. We did the same thing. I swear the whole summer was spent out on that boat. Good times.
You brought back some wonderful memories! I remember those wonderful days of lazing around just relaxing, enjoying, daydreaming. I miss the easy life.
Fantastic post! It made me remember our fun times at the lake! Thank you for sharing that!
Ahhhh...back when life was pure and innocent and we weren't all porn stars.
What??
That's just me?? My bad.
Still. Times were good.
Wow. I love that memory : ). Boats and sand and wonderful....such nice thoughts. I can hardly wait for summer!
Didn't it seem like anything could happen when you were little?? Great post.
Comin over from Mama Kat's, nice to meet you. Love your blog. :)
What great family time! I love being out on a boat!
My mom always used to reverse that on us on our birthdays. She used to say if she could have a wish on our birthday, it would be to pick an age for us to be for that day.
Now, with my own children, I have the same wish. I don't know which one I'd choose, but to experience them as a baby or toddler again for just one day would be heaven.
Family memories of that sort are the best. They are the kind that carry us through the hardest parts of life. I'm so glad you have many to recall. BTW-I'm jonesing to go boating now in the sun. Thanks.
What great memories!! I'm sure your mom and dad loved reading about how much those times meant to you! I loved the imagery and the recurring use of the word perhaps. Great writing!
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