April 29, 2009

Sidewalk Chalk

[caption id="attachment_65" align="aligncenter" width="512" caption="It says, "Save the Earth! It is the only planet with ME!""]It says, "Save the Earth! It is the only planet with ME!"[/caption]

I live in an apartment complex, and there is no shortage of families with young children living here. The other day I saw a group of them hovered around a staircase, drawing hopscotch on the sidewalk. Playing hopscotch is one of my favorite childhood memories, so I'm glad that in today's world of virtual, digitized, synthesized everything, kids are still going outside and playing a rousing game of hopscotch, and drawing with sidewalk chalk. 

Upon looking a little closer, I noticed something else that hasn't changed - the fact that kids are so very egocentric. Today I walked past the remnants of the hopscotch game, and noticed, surrounded by many hopscotch boards, the pictured masterpiece.
 
Ahh, the innocence of youth. I miss those days.

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