Remember the days of old when you could run into your local corner store and fill that little brown bag up with an array of colorfully assorted candies all for a quarter. When Swedish fish were found by the pound in your mouth instead of by the schools in their homeland lakes, and licorice shoe strings stayed wrapped around your tongue instead of around the laces in your favorite ‘bo-bo’ kicks. These were the days of hopscotch and jump rope, jacks and hide-and-go-seek; when little boys could catch cooties from little girls, and little girls could catch heartbreaks from kindergarten hunks. In the days of old, summers lasted forever and every summer rainstorm left a rainbow across the sky.As we grew older we traded in our striped metal wheeled roller skates for car notes and our comfortable Osh-Kosh-B’gosh jeans for stiff overly expensive suits and round the clock work schedules. We let go of our dreams and held on to our fears, and somewhere along the way, we forgot how beautiful and fun life could be if we only just believed.
I have seen elders full of gray hair and wrinkles, licking away at mile high ice cream sundays on hot July afternoons with smiles as wide as the sea and eyes as sparkling as the stars. I have seen young adults in their 30’s with aged faces and worn out shoes, slaving over piles of bills in lifeless houses with frowns as deep as the ocean and eyes that have lost their shine. The only difference between the two is that one lost touch with the child inside, and the youthfulness that is life.
As we bear witness to the effects of a society obsessed with time and money, we are reminded how important it is to slow down and breathe; to jump and laugh and become like a child again for the preservation of ourselves and the undying spirits within.
Just for a moment go back to the age of innocence in your mind. Return to that corner store called LIFE and fill your own little brown bag up to the brim with all that is tasty and sweet, then savor each and every bite…..slowly.
At J&O Fabrics we have a great selection of candy and dessert that will have your mouth watering, all without the added calories! From sugar daddy’s and lollipops, to rich chocolate candies and sweet vanilla iced cupcakes, our fabrics are as tempting as they are tasty.
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