Childhood

On the radio the other day they did a bit where they asked listeners to phone in and say what they missed most about their childhood.  The answers varied from the obvious (summer vacation or an "easy schedule") to the most common answer...innocence (which was what I would have answered). 

I miss not having the cynicism and sarcasm that many of us develop as adults.  I miss not being so jaded.  As an adult often anything we see we either question or know it is fake.  It was awesome being a kid and wishing you could be Han Solo when you grow up.  Imagine that conversation today, "Wait you want to be a selfish smuggler who has no permanent home and risks his life with every shipment?"  Or believing unconditionally that what you saw on TV or the movies, read, or heard about was true.  Remember when, "Brian told me that he heard from Matt that if you don't hold your breath the whole time you are in the tunnel your soul will be stolen!"  Naturally today it sounds ridiculous, but I miss that.  I also miss "making" a fishing pole out of a stick, summer vacations, and the lack of responsibility.