Sunny Days of Childhood

Photo: RIVERVIEW AMUSEMENT PARK ~POSTED BY MY GUARDIAN ANGEL~ We were just kids in silken ribbons and braids, Playing cut-outs in Chicago's summers toasty shade. The clanging streetcars ran in front of our homes. Who cared, we were licking delicious ice cream cones! There was no such scare as " sugar is evil." Anymore than the chance, that we'd find an intrepid boll weevil. There was no TV till we were a tad older. But we went to movies every Saturday and laughed so hard that we cried on each others shoulders. We shopped at Woolworth's Dime Stores. Bought "Blue Waltz" cologne and little lockets, girls our age adored. The big treat was going to magical Riverview Amusement Park, The alchemy of the stars made it totally magic.....after dark. Swimming back in the oceans of my heart's time, I see how God blessed me to read books and learn how to rhyme. Mom and Dad bought me many books. I had a roll top desk, such a lovely, bright wooden look. We loved saddle shoes, boy were they cool. We'd sit and polish them,so lovely,we would drool. We sat on the stoops and watched men in uniform, go to war. Some sadly, with our tears, we saw their blue eyes no more. On your back porch we sat on the great family swing. Hearing songs and stories-the essence of my past,is so overpowering!           10/31/2020 Tribute to Joanie, my best friend since age seven! Thanks for decades of memories! Love, Panagiota