Wouldn't it be fun to go back in time and relive history? Wouldn't it be great to go back in time and correct mistakes? And wouldn't it be cool to go back in time to relive you childhood? If I could choose, I would go back and relive my childhood. This period of my life contained nothing but good times. That is if you don't count the spankings I received. Currently my life's going good, but as a child, I didn't know what stress was. I didn't have to meet deadlines. Worries found no place during my childhood. The circle I lived in contributed to many of the memories. It was tough to keep all things the same as my friends and I got older. The reason? We grew up.
Saturday morning couldn't come any time sooner. Angel and I would be in Mr. Angelo's class on a Friday afternoon awaiting the sound of the 2:45 bell. The game we played last Saturday would be the subject of the day.
"I can't believe Chico threw five interceptions," he said. "You got lucky on that catch you made for the game winner."
"Well, you had some NFL-like catches too," I said to cheer him up. "I mean all Chico had to do was get the ball to you and you were gone. We can't keep up with your speed."
"I know," Angel said with his big smile.
We're talking football here. Even though baseball was our personal favorite sport, all the kids in my neighborhood didn't have gloves. But to play football, all we needed was a football. Everybody from around the neighborhood would come down to Clearsky Circle and play . James, Michael Park, and myself would have the home field advantage because we lived in the circle. Angel, Mike Godina, Danny, and Matt traveled to the circle from Skyloop Drive. Mel, Tony, and Ricky came from Sunstrip Drive. And last, but not least, crazy Chico hailed from Starbright Drive.
Entering out circle is like any other street. It's narrow and has two houses on each side. But twenty yards in, it cirlces out and three more houses guard the round part. ...