Crayons Make Me Miss Things

Some people refer to crayons as "Looking at the face of a dead friend." 
I don't like that. I'm not quite sure that I get it exactly, but in a way it sounds like they're scratching away the things that crayons represent. Does that mean that they've given up on creativity? Is creativity the face of a dead friend instead of an alive one? As if it would kill them to pick one up and imagine. 

When I look at crayons, well, first I just see crayons, but then once I get past the initial shock that I haven't picked one up in ages I see a lot of things. Memories. 

And I miss them. 

Here are some of the things that crayons make me miss:

-Well, I actually just miss the smell of them.

-Playing "House" or "Orphans" outside with my brothers and sister.

Or counting the amount of burrs in my hair when we were done.

-I miss sitting above the creek in my backyard, watching the dust and black marks from the trampoline wash away from my feet.

-The feeling of amazement when I discovered that there was such thing as a "crayon sharpener".

-I miss comparing my feet to my older brothers' after playing all day then seeing whose was the blackest. I usually lost even though I was the one who didn't have shoes. 

-The feeling of triumph when I got new hand-me-downs.

-I miss watching my fingernail slide through a crayon to create all those little curly things. Then feeling awesome when I could actually draw something with the shavings.

-And I also just miss not being afraid to pick up a crayon and draw. Create.

Anyways, thinking about crayons makes me miss a lot of things. 

But I think what I'm really longing for is the memory of everything small that happened to me seemed to be such a triumph. I don't really miss being a child. I just miss that mindset. Having no limitations, besides snakes, and the basement. And occasionally E.T. and Gollum. 

Now the limitations are endless!
I think when people say that they miss childhood, thats what they're really missing. Having no limitations. Yeah, there are things like having to eat your vegetables or time out and things, but that was it! Life was so simple back then. And we can probably be that way again if we allow ourselves to get outside our comfort zones. Sometimes letting yourself experiment and have fun is scary, but being a kid is simple. All you have to do is celebrate and love the little things that make you happy. 
I don't know. This could all be a bunch of wonky-ness, but I guess if you take anything from this it would be that we shouldn't just sit by and miss being a kid again. We should just do it haha. Let yourself have fun! And I don't know what else to say so....yeah haha.

That is the End of my shpeel ;)