Castle Shima

Its never too late to have a happy childhood
-- Tom Robbins

Today was the typical lunch time soccer game which I fondly call recess. It was raining. It was cold. The field was muddy.

It was absolutely brilliant.

We ran around in the freezing rain, flopping thru mud, and flying thru puddles. We didnt even want to take a halftime break so that our muscles wouldnt cool down. We were all covered in mud, laughing hysterically. I couldnt even feel my fingers until twenty minutes after we were done playing. People that walked by on the sidewalk were under umbrellas, pointing at us, calling us crazy.

But isnt this what we watch our kids do? Go out. Have fun. Enjoy life. Enjoy their friends. Play.

How does the saying go? Oh yeah...

You dont stop playing because you get old. You get old because you stop playing.