Pillow Fights!

I spent a weekend coloring, having pillow fights, and building forts. Sometimes, I have days in which college becomes exhausting and my mind thinks it is about to explode. The research is piling up and I was closer to being done a day ago than where I am now. I'm reading and brain is taking nothing in. My brain momentarily reverts to simple phrases of English like "me hungry" and "sleep, sleep, sleep". Then, two beautiful, little girls knock on my bedroom door. They peek in and then take a flying leap for my bed. Soon, I am snuggled in my covers watching Disney movies and giggling as I become preoccupied in a tickle fight. I live for these days. I am so thankful that I am able to live with my cousin, her husband, and her two little girls while I am at college. I have on several occasions watched kids playing wishing I could be as carefree as them again. Now, when I am wishing for my younger years I wander around the house until I find one of the girls and suddenly, I am playing Barbies or hide and seek. The stress melts away and I am perfectly content. Why is it so hard to have fun once you are "grown up"? We hit this age where we decide make-believe has no purpose and we cannot truly be invisible if we close our eyes. We only think logically and factually. We lose our smile and our spark of life. If you are feeling stressed, go buy a Disney puzzle, some puzzle glue, and an old movie you loved as a child. Make a bag of popcorn and prepare for a stress free evening, while you lose yourself in a childhood memory.