My summers when I was 10 years old

To remember is to live, or so I read somewhere and I think this expression is accurate. Remembering moments of our past, whether they are pleasant or not, allows us to see where we were, where we have arrived and what we have yet to go or reach.
Thinking back to my childhood, I remember a girl who was always tall, who wore glasses, which sometimes caused her embarrassment and teasing, but of my childhood in general I remember that I could do things that many city kids can't, I could go out and play.
Being ten years old is playing with friends having fun and going to bed a little later if you are on school vacation, I was born and live in the capital of Venezuela, Caracas a stressful city, but the place where I live has a lot of green areas which in my childhood allowed me to run, play hide and seek, with marbles, mud and more. So when I was 10 years old, being on vacation it was very likely that I would not wake up early, because I was allowed to stay up a little later, besides as a mother I know that one also takes advantage to rest a little, get out of the routine of the mornings or do some things without the kids jumping all over the house.

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But being on vacation did not mean that there were not some rules at home some unbreakable, one was that I could not spend all day in the street, for example if I went out to play with my friends in the morning I could not do it in the afternoon, so I regularly went out after lunch, we sat down to discuss what would be the first juice to put into practice we played a lot of hide and seek, as there were many, many places to hide which made it very exciting and some games lasted long periods with very close ends.
As I remember this and write these lines I can not help but smile and remember those we played friends like the Gustavo, because they were two neighbors with the same name, but different families, Andrea, Leticia and Carolina, who had to take care of my sister, because being the oldest was responsible for her, also as the children a little further down sometimes bothered us, but we being a close-knit group we ignored them to pass them to be happy.
Being ten years old for me was coming home after playing hide and seek, La Ere, pise, fusilado and more. Obviously, there was no shortage of mischief like ringing a neighbor's doorbell and running away; So after returning home no later than 7 pm, because as I mentioned there were rules and the time of departure and entry was one of those rules, we had to take a good bath and then watch some TV, talk a little with the family and wait anxiously for the next day to play again, unless that other day was Sunday, because then we had to go to church, return for lunch and then we could go out to play for a while, but we had to return home a little earlier to watch a movie with the family.

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In short, remembering a day of my childhood in summer when I was ten years old, is remembering a happy day full of laughter and games, I look back and give thanks for everything, even for the limits and rules that were put on me because that formed my character, so ends my partition in Memoir Monday #52 FINAL PROMPT (3/3-3/9) - Describe a Typical Summer Day When You Were Ten Years Old)
Recordar es vivir, o eso leí en alguna parte y creo que esta expresión es acertada. Recordar momentos de nuestro pasado sean gratos o no nos permite ver donde estábamos, a donde hemos llegado y lo que nos falta por recorrer o alcanzar.
Al pensar en mi infancia, recuerdo una niña que siempre fue alta, que usaba lentes, lo cual veces le ocasiono vergüenza y burlas, pero de toda mi infancia en general recuerdo que podía hacer cosas que muchos niños de la ciudad no pueden, yo podía salir a jugar.
Tener diez años es jugar con los amigos divertirse y acostarse un poco más tarde si estás de vacaciones escolares, nací y vivo en la capital de Venezuela, Caracas una ciudad estresante, pero el lugar en el que vivo tiene muchas áreas verdes lo que en mi niñez me permitió correr, jugar al escondite, con canicas, barro y más. Así que a los 10 años al estar de vacaciones era muy probable que no despertara temprano, pues me dejaban acotarme un poco más tarde, además como madre sé que uno aprovecha también para descansar un poco, salir de la rutina de las mañanas o hacer algunas coas sin que los niños estén brincando por toda la casa.
Pero estar de vacaciones no implicaba que no había algunas reglas en casa algunas inquebrantables, una era que no podía pasar todo el día en la calle, por ejemplo si salía jugar con mis amigos en la mañana no podría hacerlo en la tarde, por lo que regularmente salía luego de almorzar, nos sentábamos a discutir cual sería el primer jugo a poner en práctica jugábamos mucho al escondite, ya que había muchos, pero muchos lugares para esconderse lo que lo hacía muy emocionante y algunas partidas duraban largos ratos con finales muy cerrados.
Mientras recuerdo esto y escribo estas líneas no puedo evitar sonreír y recordar a los que jugábamos amigos como los Gustavo, pues eran dos vecinos con el mismo nombre, pero diferentes familias, Andrea, Leticia y Carolina, que debía cuidar de mi hermana, pues al ser a mayor era responsable de ella, también como los niños de un poco más abajo a veces nos molestaban, pero nosotros al ser un grupo tan unido les ignorábamos para pasar de ellos ser felices.
Tener diez años para mí era volver a casa luego de jugar todo el día al escondite, La Ere, pise, fusilado y más. Obviamente, no faltaban las travesuras como tocar el timbre de algún vecino y salir corriendo; así que tras volver a la casa a más tardar 7 de la noche, porque como mencione había reglas y el horario de salida y entrada era una de esas reglas, había que darse un buen baño para luego ver algo de televisión conversar un poco en familia y esperar ansiosamente el otro día para volver a jugar a menos que ese otro día fuera domingo, pues allí había que ir a la iglesia, al regresar almorzar y luego podíamos salir a jugar un rato, pero había que regresar un poco más temprano a casa para ver alguna película en familia.
En resumen, recordar un día de mi infancia en verano cuando tenía diez años, es recordar un día feliz lleno de risas y juegos, veo atrás y doy gracias por todo, hasta por los límites y reglas que me pusieron porque eso formo mi carácter, así termina mi partición en Memoir Monday #52 FINAL PROMPT (3/3-3/9) - Describe a Typical Summer Day When You Were Ten Years Old



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Using glasses back then was not usual like braces too. And children bullied them; we had a few children in our school and neighborhood who used to get a lot of bullying.
Having a boundary during childhood is necessary. You grew up in a nice place, with many green areas around.
Good to read about your memorable childhood.
If I was tall, skinny and with glasses, imagine you. In my school days there was no such word as bullying and although I will not deny that it made me feel bad my mother taught me to defend myself and I think it is necessary nowadays, in my country there is a saying “alive is alive until the fool wants” and it is very true, I remember for example that being in my last year of elementary school an older girl had me tired for years and I gave her a good slap and she stopped bothering me.
You did the right thing, standing for yourself.
I used to sweat a lot, and children bullied me for that in high school. Bullies don't need any reason to do that but their narrow mentality.
Take care of yourself.
I can relate with the part about rules: time to go out and time to go home. Ours was before 6pm because there were times when we had to pray the 6 o'clock prayer. They even had rules for TV viewing time🙂. Similarly, we would go to church together and go back home together. Back then, we always had to do things or go somewhere as a family. Even at home, we had to wait for our father or mother to turn the TV on so everyone could watch a movie. Those are sweet childhood memories.
That's right, those rules formed us, they taught us that everywhere there are norms and rules, that there are limits that we must respect, I see all that as something that formed us, but going out of the subject I see with concern how now the children rule the parents, I have neighbors who turn on the TV in the living room and put on the channel that their 3 year old son likes.
True, they showed their love through discipline. We respected them and yes, those rules helped us become abiding citizens. That is the sad reality nowadays, young children seem to overpower their parents.
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