Welcome…Pull up a chair, box or if it is all that is available…what God gave you to sit on. Got a good Ponder to work on. Weather is great and it is a good time to be outside. The games we used to play. Kids growing up in these times have a need to be entertained due to a lack of imagination. Ok, you have heard it before but in my younger years we always found ways to play and engage in activities, boys and girls…we learned early to fellowship if you don’t mind my using that word. Technologies had not advanced far enough to enable us to entertain ourselves. If we go back as far as the 1930’s most of our parents could not afford to by us manufactured toys, leaving most of us to make our own, share with others things like, hoops, marbles and skipping ropes. As time moved on and I know I might be repeating myself a bit, children played traditional games like tag, hide and seek, marbles, and hopscotch. Sports such as soccer, baseball, and cricket were also popular. Kids also often spent time exploring their surroundings, climbing trees, or playing in fields and woods. At school our playgrounds were rife with action packed games, Red Rover Come Over, Tag, Red Light and I am sure you know some I did not list. Now Ponder This… We made our own rules passed down to us over the years, enforced and policed ourselves…and yes it is true that every now and then we didn’t do a very good job and the best of intentions were carried out by a few of us rolling around on ground or in the gravel. I miss seeing the kids being kids. Ponder  This…   No one got shot, or cut up. Again Ponder This…Why?

Kurt