I know that if I could have those days back that i would have to sacrifice a lot of the things I like today, but I can't help but wonder how nice it would be, how peaceful it was and less stressful it felt back when computers where only owned by the most richest of people or even further back to when my parnets were my childrens age and TV's were not in every home.

I just recently watched the movie Shirley Temple - Curly Top and it's interesting how movies back in those days have so little background noise and yet these movies seem to have a more realistic look than todays movies. But then, they didn't use special effects like we have today and there were few things that made noise back then unlike today which we have all sorts of noisy things all around us.

There are days I find myself wishing I had a nice house on a big piece of land with a big backyard and the closest house to mine was a nice walk away. I'd be laying on a hamock in the backyard under 2 huge tree's that gave great shade, just relaxing, listening to natures sounds, away from big city noise. My town in Puerto Rico was somewhat that way, while I did not have a huge yard, I did have a nice tree I could hang a hamock from and while we did not have big city noises, we did have a few cars drive by ever few minutes. But it was still a very relaxing atmostphere compared to where I currently live and have lived before. Nothing but dogs barking, kids screeming, loud music, TV's and video games, firetrucks and construction, loud cars and low flying airplanes. To find a moment of silence is almost scary for one would think something bad has happened.

Back when my parents were small, things like light, water, cable, phone and internet bills were no worries. My grand parents were more concerned with making sure they had food on the table, a clean property and well fed animals. Kids played with what ever they found in front of them; bicycle rims, yarn, tree branches and even some rope and a spare tire. Hide and seek was the #1 game; and breakfast, lunch and dinner were always warm meals. Milk was more likely to be drank than even water and hand-me-downs were as sacred as shopping at Macy's.

When I was a child, we had some modern electronic, but living in Puerto Rico made me appreciate what it was to be a kid. I am sad my children can not enjoy what it's really like to be a child. Always stuck at home, mom and dad working 8, 10, 12 hour shifts, coming home to tired from jobs that are far away, living in a place where they design did not consider children playing outside and always depending on having to go to places like parks to play with kids they have never met and probably will never see again. My kids don't really know what it is to have a best friend, one that comes over everyday, who goes to the park or an empty lot with them to play ball, someone to ride bikes, rollerskate or skateboard with. As a child I had a lot of freedom, I rode around town on bike, I visited friends and would come home around dark. But my kids will never enjoy such things till they are older and I find it sad to be honest. There are times I find myself wanting to go back to Puerto Rico so they can enjoy being children, to run around free and play hide and go seek, cops and robbers and ride bike.

I miss those simple days. I'd be happy living in my moms small hometown in Puerto Rico in my house with an Internet connection, my Satellite TV (gotta have my daily dose of Foxnews, LOL) and at least an A/C in my room.