The Stories Page
This page is devoted to the little short storys that I scribble down when I am bored!
Forgotten Pleasure
by Larry Smith
I was sitting in my chair the other day, when it hit me... I am my Dad! I am no longer the kid who could play street hockey for hours. I am not the kid who would forget to eat, because he was to busy playing and running outside. I couldnt even remember how good it felt to hear that a girl liked me... Insted, i am just happy to sit here with the remote at my side, and my dog at my feet! I grumble when the kids want to go play on a school night, and i grumble when they arent home for dinner. I get pissy when they play near the car, and i get mad when their radio is too loud. I am my Dad! I never understood why he was so grouchy, and always wondered if he really cared about me. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, i wonder what the kids think....Do they see me as i see my dad? Or do they see me as the kid that i am deep down inside. All the fun i used to have that somewhere along the way, i have forgotten. Maybe i need to find those pleasures again...Maybe, being a grown up is only good, if your still a kid! Maybe if I ask nice, and say please, my kids will let me play street hockey with them! Maybe I havent forgotten after all....
