Oh, To Be Five.

 „Sometimes I want to be five again, to grab a blanket and a stuffed animal and curl up on the couch.

I want to look at a storybook with colorful pictures and fall asleep to happy endings.

I want to be hugged and kissed and doted on, to be told how special I am.

I want to drink hot chocolate with whipped cream piled so high it slides over the edge of the cup.

I want to pretend I have my whole life before me and feel like time is endless.

I want to eat dessert and skip dinner.

I want to run and play outside until someone finally calls me home.

I want to wish upon a starlight, star bright sky.

Oh, my five-year old self, I miss you so. Your memories are sweet strolls down innocence lane.

We can always recapture the feelings and activities of childhood and make them new. Paint. Color. Read a storybook. Watch cartoons. Dance in your jammies. Love the child inside.”

Meditations and Musings by Jody Doty