Lemonade Stands

Anissa,
The weather is warming everyday and today I was thinking about all the Lemonade Stands we had. We were sure the entrepreneurs weren't we? Mostly I remember you and Derenda running through the yard in your bathing suits through the sprinkler while I mixed the Lemonade, sold the lemonade. You were always the "manager" of everything we did and I never even realized it. All those times I thought I was the boss and you were really calling the shots. When we were done for the day at the stand you were there like a good manager to assess the days income and take your part straight down to the store where we would load up on candy and cokes. The thing that used to drive me crazy about you was the way you just took charge. And now one of the things I love the most about you is the way you took charge. Secretly I always wanted to boss you around but now.........I don't want to be the boss, the big sister, the one calling the shots. I want to be 8 again and you and me watching Price is Right eating Chicken Pot Pies in the floor in front of that big console TV with your foot stuck in the handle flipping it up and down. I want to be selling lemonade and watching you "stick" your landing on your front handspring and walking to the city pool to swim all day. I want the days when things were simple and carefree
and our biggest worry was whether we were going to get to go to the mall once we got the house clean on Saturday. Today as I flip through the photo album labeled "Our Childhood" that is here in my mind I don't find one bad memory or picture. I wonder how many other people can say that?
From Gunka With Love