Seniors, what do you miss most about your childhood?

Question

like memories, events, friendships, etc?

Answer 1

My most memorable moments were spent with my grand-
parents. I treasure my memories of the drives they would take
me for an afternoon, when they went to visit friends out of
town. I suppose that they were babysitting so that my parents
could make some plans of their own. I was an only child then,
and my parents were of course still young.
My grandparents would take me to the country and visit
friends who lived on farms, as they had. There was one Ger-
man friend who lived alone, having lost his wife, and he had
an enormous owl mounted on a living room wall. It had fierce
eyes and sharp claws and I was terrified of it. But I didn't
cry when the man imitated the sound of an owl to scare me.
He remembered that as did I when I saw him briefly as an
adult. And he still thought it was funny. I remember running to
my grandma and grabbing her to protect me. I must have
been about three or four.
Other farmer friends we'd visit from the Dakotas' had fruit
orchards and gardens we'd walk through. And the family
friends would put produce in a bag for my grandparents to
take home. I met several of the elders in my grandparents
family also that way. And I felt so grown up to be included in
their visits. My grandparents never treated me without respect. But they were strict and never had to tell me to
watch my manners, as I always tried to please them. Not that
I was perfect by any means. But I never wanted to see a
frown on their faces, when they looked at me. They were more
like parents to me, than my own parents were actually. So I
felt very close to them. These were the days, when many older
people felt that "children were seen, and not heard". Or not
to speak unless we were spoken to by other elders.
I remember when I was married already and had two
gradeschool children, and they came to visit me when they
were touring some spots in S. California. And I wanted to
make them a Mexican dinner. They had never eaten Mexican
food before. And my grandpa took one look at the stack of
flour tortillas to use as bread, with his dinner and he was so
shocked, and asked what it was. I told him I knew that he liked
bread with his meals, and so he was having the Mexican
version. He decided to try one as he buttered a piece and
took a bite. "There isn't much to it", he commented. And I
had to laugh. He grinned at me, showing a wide smile with
those deep dimples of his. And it made me so happy that
they were both there to be with me. They've both been gone
now since the late 70's and the 90's. But they continue to live on in my heart.

Answer 2

I miss playing kick the can on summer evenings with the other kids from the neighborhood. I miss hanging out with all my friends at the Salvation Army. We went to some kind of meeting there 4 nights a week, as well as the Sunday meetings. Harvest Festival? Oh, yes! I miss going on trips with the other teens for various Salvation Army meetings. Chicago. Milwaukee.

Answer 3

Easter Sundays with all 23 cousins.We BBQ'd and had a egg hunt that spread over an acre of land.Fun.Grandmaw made peach cobbler in a huge roaster and they would bring it outside.Topped it with cold canned milk.Delicious.We had buffet meals before they were the way to go.Remember the potato salad with all the different colors in it.They waited til we found the eggs then made it.Never worried about getting sick..the good old days......

Answer 4

Although I wouldn't want to go back to my childhood, there are things I miss. We had a car port instead of a garage, so all the kids came to our house to play. We'd play games, baseball, ride bikes, play records and dance. I miss going to the skating rink every weekend in the winter and to the drive-in during the summer.

I miss all the good food my mom made and going to my great grandmas for Sunday dinner. There would often be 50 or so of my relatives there. Mostly I miss all the people I love who are no longer here.

Answer 5

I miss how carefree life was. We were poor I guess but us kids never knew it.
It was safe enough to go running around in the bush all day long and no one ever hurt you.
We would eat fruit off the trees, mussels off the rocks, drink water out of streams and generally had a ball.
Every adult was 'uncle' 'aunt' 'grandma' or grandad' and whose ever house you were in at meal times you got feed and watered!!!
At night we would all sit around bonfires talking, laughing and dancing watching the flying foxes fly overhead and watching the stars come out.

Oh what bliss those days were!!!

Answer 6

Just the simple innocence of it...assuming friends and family would always be there, jumping into anything new with glee and no second thoughts, the wonderment of things like the tooth-fairy and Santa and the Easter Bunny, etc.

Answer 7

Roller skating, I was a street/sidewalk rollerskating maniac. I practically lived on my roller skates. I used to wear my roller skate key around my neck like a necklace. And this was on the hill of San Francisco. Boy could I pick up some speed.

Answer 8

Do you mean like over 60's or can I answer too? (I'm nearly 30). I miss my freedom (running around playing all day), having hours to read books and the feeling of comfort being in my old bedroom. Oh yeah, and mum's cooking and the way dad used to look at me as a child.

Answer 9

Nothing seems to taste the same as it did in summer when we were kids growing up like watermelon and hotdogs. What happened to the smell of rain and the sounds of frogs and crickets? I guess I would say my childhood summers. Funny thing is we dont think kids appreciate things like this but they do!

Answer 10

Nothing, nothing at all. I'm enjoying life immensely right now, more than ever. Well, there are people I miss -my parents, and other relatives who have passed, but I'm very happy with what's happening in my life today.