Things you realize

Sitting here "doing my homework", and chatting with an aunt when I realized something.   I realized that whenever it comes to seeing, talking to or even just thinking about my aunts and uncles I feel like a kid again. Not in a "they treat me or talk to me like a kid" way, but in a care-free, have the world by the tail way.  I mean really, how many of us actually feel like that any more? We may have a day or so now and again where we might get a glimpse of how we used to be,  and we may strive to maintain a "shiny happy" attitude every day of our lives, but we are not the same. Growing up does that to people. It jades us, changes us. Not necessarily for the bad, but we see the world in a different light. I don't think the optimistic, I can do anything child is gone. I believe it is only hibernating, waiting for the sun to shine within ourselves. Talking to a person that made your life utterly amazing and fun and exciting makes that kid inside wake up, shake off the sleep and live again! Even if it is for a short time, they inhabit your person and feelings again. We all enjoy those small glimpses, and the feelings they bring, always hoping they have a seat and stay a while. Well, for some of us, it's our aunts and uncles that wake that child. So I say, bring on the aunts and uncles! Call them, text them, email them or visit them if you can! Bring them they joy of you and they can bring you the joy of "you" as well.  Bring on the pig-tailed, freckle faced, tree climbin kid!