Gosh....i had a beautiful childhood.
Cherished memories. Blessed to have them.
One memorable CHILDHOOD Autumn event when attending a Girl Scout Halloween Party was bobbing for apples. As Scouts, we were a group of young girls that made friendships by having fellowship once a week as we met in our Leader's Home and played in the backyard. Only for about an hour and a half each time. Once in awhile, we'd meet at the Liberal, Kansas Girl Scout Cabin in Light Park and practice being good Girl Scouts working on crafts and doorstops made out of spray painted catalogs.
Learning.
Being busy with our hands creating things to use.
I was close to 10 years old when I dressed in a costume to attend a Halloween party that the leaders put together. We ambitiously dunked for red apples from an old metal container filled with cold water. Ate refreshments, spent time together as friends/pals and had a overall fun time.
Scouting wasn't about sexual acceptance of same sex attraction and pounding into our heads that we had to accept ~h o m o s e x u a l i t y~ as being normal. At the time I was a Scout, we were about doing good deeds, learning skills, helping others, and earning badges for achieving accomplishments that earned a well-made patch to sew on our sashes to display 'Hey, I earned this.'It wasn't about celebrating same-sex anything. It was a different organization then. As my Public School Career was and my Godly United Methodist Church was. We were not into encouraging and participating in ungodly lifestyles of any kind. Public School was interested in teaching writing, arithmetic and reading with being active in developing one's God given talents that had nothing to do with sexual orientation. I shutter how far off the path our country, public school, some churches and scouts have gone. Most of the television programming that is now out there is an abomination, a disgusting thing.
The minds of people are being trashed. Innocence is violated and the minds of the youth and old alike are raped with such foul activity. Prime time programs are pumped full of making light of sexual behavior. Murder runs wild. Dignified people with integrity are not easy to identify with. Where are they?
I watch less and less television. Over twenty years ago, I gave up Soap Operas. I detoxed from David Letterman and Jay Leno close to two years ago. No cable at present. Watch the news and weather, sometimes late night Perry Mason. No Game Shows. The television stays off during the daytime hours. No Dr. Oz or Dr. Phil. No Judge Judy or Oprah. I don't miss it.
More silence in the evenings is pleasant and healthy.
I cannot remember the last time I dunked/bobbed for apples.
That's too long ago,
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