It is March 5th and I just had 2 days off from school due to a snow storm in VA.
I am VERY ready for Spring so I recalled this moment as my Slice of Life to share today!
I push open the screened door and run all the way to far corner of my backyard. First, I hop on the swing and start to pump. I push my legs forward and then bend them back - legs straight, legs bent, legs straight, legs bent.
Soon I am swinging high, so high! The wind blows my hair and I feel happy, so happy that I start to sing the song we learned in music class today. I sing and keep pumping, higher and higher!
Soon I hear, "Sally, dinner." I pump one more time back. Then, as the swing moves forward, I push my body, let go of the swing and leap. I land with both feet on the ground in a squat position. In I run for dinner.
What a fun memory. Your details, like the way you landed in a squat position, were so vivid!
ReplyDeleteBTW: Spring can't get here fast enough!
You took me back to our yard in Arlington and the feeling of swinging and trying to touch the huge tulip poplar trees nearby. I could swing for hours! That is one of the losses of adulthood - it makes me sick now! I love your details, Sally!!
ReplyDeleteMemory is such a wonderful thing. Spring at your fingertips, just typing up the breeze, the elation, the movement...
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