The older my children get, I find myself...with increasing frequency, starting sentences with a phrase I thought I’d never say: “When I was your age…” Yup, nothing says you’re old like those words, which have been uttered by old people since the Industrial Revolution.
Usually, “when I was your age” serves as a cop-out for my cheapness. I say things like, “When I was your age, I only had two shoes” (commonly known as one pair), or “When I was your age, we only had four channels, and one of them was in French.”
But there is one statement that I wish to shout from a roof top. It is: “When I was your age, the toys were better.” If you look at some of the top toys on this years Christmas wish lists, you see cheap plastic crap that I am loathe to buy for Lochlan.
I miss the toys of my childhood, all of which I wish my parents still had. Yes, with five children, had they kept our toys, they would now have a moderate-sized toy collection, a Narnia closet leading to Fisher Price Land, that would …
Beautiful pictures!
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ReplyDeleteA fellow Atlantic Canadian!!! I'm glad you had a great time :)
ReplyDeleteSomeone needs to tell mainland boyfriends/husbands that the guardrails are there for a reason! Another friend of mine had her bf leap over one at Cape Spear. She started shouting at him about rogue waves and he didn't understand why she was so pissed off. *shakes head*
ReplyDeleteBoth posts of pictures really make me want to visit. It looks so starkly beautiful. I love the picture of you in the wind!
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