Driving at a ridiculously young age
Being able to go anywhere without permission
(as long as it was on a tractor or a horse)
Spending the night on the trampoline
with Olivia Newton John playing on cassette
Laying out in the sun and listening to Wolfman Jack
Family gatherings that went way into the night
Admiring the night sky with a zillion stars
Building Pine straw forts
Exploring in the woods all day long
The sound of running feet on grandma’s porch
Raising calves
Checking the fence line
The smell of peanut hay
Getting lost in the planted pines
Swimming in ponds and mud holes
Watching a car or truck get pulled out of the mud
Churning ice cream
Picking blackberries
Guitar pickin and singin
Walking barefoot up the dirt road to grandma’s
Riding bareback at night
