{"id":68286,"date":"2024-02-19T11:06:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T04:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternatech.net\/?p=68286"},"modified":"2024-02-19T11:06:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T04:06:15","slug":"just-one-more-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/just-one-more-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Just One More Time&hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style='\"font-size:'>I usually find myself a few times each day thinking to myself, <strong>\u201cjust once, I would love to go back in time and do\u2026..\u201d basically, reminding myself of the days or years in my past. It always brings a type of warmth to my heart and a smile to my face thinking of the friends, people, places and activities that I used to enjoy.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>I know that it isn\u2019t healthy to \u201coverindulge\u201d or \u201cdwell on the past\u201d too much on the things of the past, but sometimes, when life gets hard, crazy, or hectic, it\u2019s always nice to sit back and think of the special things that happened\u2026when life was simple and pure.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>So, if I could, I would love to go back and do some of these things\u2026<strong>just one more time\u2026\n<ol>\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Stay outside until the street lights came on\u2026which meant it was time to come home\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Have bike races around the block with baseball cards flapping in my spokes which we thought made us sound like we were riding motorcycles\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Hear the dinner bell ring\u2026which called us all home for dinner\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Listen to grandma calling all of our cats letting them know that their food was ready\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Go Snapper fishing with my dad off the boat docks until sundown\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Help my mom decorate her classroom and get it ready for her students\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Play baseball and kickball with the kids in our neighborhood for hours each day\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Build a tree fort in the trees in our backyard\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Play and \u201cHide and Seek\u201d in the woods and discover things around creeks and ponds\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Save the world from evil and chaos as super heroes Batman (and my brother) Robin\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Sit on my grandfather\u2019s lap and listen to one more of his stories\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Go sleigh riding down \u201cMueller\u2019s Hill\u201d, fly off the snow ramps and navigate around the obstacles that we made\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Give my mom and dad one more hug\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Visit neighbors with my brother and then enjoy the treats that they would give us\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Have crabapple fights with the neighbors\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Build sandcastles then making a big sand wall trying to prevent the incoming tide from destroying my fortress\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Smell the aromas of the sausage and pepper sandwiches, homemade French fries, fresh cotton candy and pizza that that were always present at the boardwalk\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Hear the sounds of the binging and ringing of bells, whistles and other noises emanating from the boardwalk arcades\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Feel the sudden pull of the line on my pole as a fish got snagged on the hook and the excitement of the \u201cfight\u201d\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Experience my heart \u201cskipping a beat\u201d as I asked a girl on the first date of my life\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Watch my dad take portraits of people in his photography studio\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Take a family vacation with my wife and two boys\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Experience the excitement and magic of dating my wife then marrying her\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Go to Yankee Stadium with friends\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Stand on the rock jetty by the beach, watching fishing, luxury, and other boats come in\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Go to college again\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Play miniature golf during a beautiful summer night\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Go to a family reunion\n\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>I could go on and list more things for hours\u2026but the one thing that I wish that I could do\u2026.just one more time\u2026if only for a moment\u2026would be to TELL my mom, dad and grandma\u2026how much <strong>I loved them\u2026and <strong>thank them for all the love that they showed me.\n<h4><span style='\"font-size:' color:>Life is short. Take the time each and every day to enjoy the big AND small things. Appreciate and be thankful for all the people that are in your life and let them know how much they mean to you\u2026before they are all gone.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I usually find myself a few times each day thinking to myself, \u201cjust once, I would love to go back in time and do\u2026..\u201d basically, reminding myself of the days or years in my past. 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