Lost and Found: Childhood Treasures

Have you ever lost something and wondered what in the world could have happened to it? Well, that mystery was solved, not so much for me this week, as for my children, although they don't know it yet.

While working on the foundation this week, it was necessary to remove some rather large concrete steps from the east side of our house. They were under a door that our children must have slammed at least 100 times every day during nice weather, and some not so nice, but they went out nonetheless. My! What treasures awaited my eyes when the steps were fully removed.

My son was enthralled to find the little earth mover that he had lost more than 20 years ago. And the blue frisbee! He said none had flown better. There was a yellow drumstick lying there (I must admit that might have been me who threw it under those steps ONCE AND FOR ALL). A small Tupperware container had taken up residence which had been home to someone's Cheerios or treasured grapes and.....well they just fell. There were sand shovels, a thong (like you wear on your feet, those others hadn't been "invented" yet), a golf ball sized bouncy ball, plastic bottles, a barrette, and many more treasures too numerous to name.

All of those items made me smile and remember those days of doors slamming and children laughing and running outside. I'd take them back most days!