The Good Ol' Days

I was watching an episode of Recess...which is an old Disney cartoon show, feel free to google it. Anyways this episode was about Mikey who is 9 years old and turning 10 and all his friends are making a big deal about it because it's the big one o. His mom still walks him to the bus stop and makes sure he has all his things and such, so turning 10 is like a big deal and all his friends are like oh what kinda juice are you having at your party and stuff. So Mikey kinda shifts gears and he back peddles from all this pressure and goes into this Bonkey phase...Bonkey is like Barney pretty much. He starts playing with Bonkey dolls, eating Bonkey popsicle sticks and his birthday party has a Bonkey birthday cake and all these little kids and his mom dresses up as Bonkey as well. Pretty much Mikey goes through this phase of unwillingness to grow up and leave behind his childhood...and at the end he finds himself walking to the bus stop by himself, making sure he has his lunch money all that stuff...and as the bus comes, you see his mom behind a tree watching him making sure he's okay. And it kinda relates to me...I don't know if it really is an unwillingness to grow up...or just me missing the past and wishing I could go back. But that episode definitely hit me hard...growing up is inevitable, change is inevitable, I guess it's all just how you handle it. But anyways...another thing about the episode that I really loved that brought back memories is all Mikey's friends going to his house all dressed up and comparing who bought him better presents. Those were the days...buying presents for people and receiving presents, just the suspense. Receiving invitations and either going to the person's house or going somewhere like laser quest or bowling. Those were the days...having cake, loop bags...man. But those days are gone...and all we can do is reminisce, remember and enjoy.