Geez, okay it's been over a year since a posted an issue of "Keeping It Old Skool" so I want to start my first issue of 2013 with a book I will remember forever.
I can honestly say, I would be hard-pressed to find anyone who has never read "The Giving Tree," "Where The Sidewalk Ends," "The Missing Piece," or "A Light In The Attic".
The children's books written by the late Shel Silverstein became a staple in every child's classroom . We either read them at the park, with our friends, or at bedtime when our parents put us to sleep. And while today we can read them with our iPhones or iPads; They can never replace the actual books themselves. I still have mine.
One of my favorite books, "The Giving Tree" was recently named the Teacher's Top 100 Books for Children and is one of the Top 100 Picture Books of all time.
I remember reading this for the first time and balling my
eyes out. I was furious at the boy who took apart this giving tree
limb for limb, And yet the tree loved the boy from adolescence to
adulthood. The tree literally gave all it had.
"The book details the events occurring throughout the life of a small
boy, and the friendship that he shares with a tree—with which he is
apparently able to communicate. In his childhood, he enjoys climbing her
branches and enjoying imaginative play with her; however, as he
gradually passes into maturity his requests from the tree change. After
entering adolescence, he requests to pick her apples with which to make
profit, and after reaching adulthood he cuts down the tree's limbs to
construct a house. Years later, he returns to the lonesome Giving Tree
as an old man to cut her down and use her wood to craft a boat with
which to sail away, after the maturity of his family, reducing her to
nothing more than a stump. However, eventually he returns to his friend,
asking for a resting place, and peacefully drifts off to sleep on the
tree stump." [source]
This book and countless others have helped guide me through life and it will be part of those memories I will honor and cherish forever. If you've never read them, and I can't believe you haven't, click on the book titles above.
LOL, memories. Perfect example of me and my sister growing up. There was no difference in our sandwiches, just that I had already chosen mine, and that was that.
Remember the times we used to have huge birthday parties and get lots of presents? I know I did; I remember having these huge birthday parties when we would go visit grandma, and all my cousins would come over. And I had lots of cousins!
Gone are those days. Today it's all about how many notifications we get.... Isn't this the truth?
I ate these growing up as kid, and believe it or not, I have some in the freezer right now. But isn't this chart the truth? LOL, I remember cutting myself with those damn plastic sleeves, and the kool-aid juice spilling all over my shirt, priceless. Those were the days. Hell, they still are...
The juice was the best part!
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Hope you enjoy my daily posts, and hope to hear from you soon.
- Blade 7184 aka Peter
