It's Saturday!

Do you remember what it was like when we were kids and Saturday came? We would stay in our pajamas a little longer, eat cereal and watch cartoons. The Bugs Bunny-Road Runner Show was one of my favorites.

Saturdays were like holidays in and of themselves- a kids holiday.

It was a pretty standard rule that if you had homework over the weekend you got it done Friday after you got home from school. Although we would never admit it at the time it was a great rule. That meant being free on Saturday to do nothing.

My weekends were pretty standard as a young kid growing up in Bellmore. Come home from school on Friday, do homework, eat dinner. Then Dad would get home. It didn't matter if Mom could not drive. We only had one car anyway. We would all pile into the car and go grocery shopping. Our store was The Big Apple on Jerusalem Avenue in Bellmore. Shopping with the family usually meant we were able to pick out at least one thing- more times than not it was a box of our favorite cereal to be partially consumed the next morning. We would get home in time for two shows: The Addams Family and Gomer Pyle, USMC. Shortly after they we over we would go to bed. Then came Saturday! Cartoons in the morning then outside (even in the cold weather) to play. Sometimes some of Mom's homemade chicken soup for lunch and then back out for the rest of the afternoon. We would play until dinner or until it got dark- whatever came first. Church was the next day so we would start our Saturday night ritual- baths. We would finish in time to catch the Honeymooners which was orginating from Miami Beach by this time. Funny they didn't come close to the 39 episodes which everyone has come to identify as the real show. And so Saturday ended.

The LORD has blessed me with a memory of details. I must admit the good ones are a joy to recall. Thanks for letting me share it with you.

Oh yes, I think I am understanding a little bit more about what Jesus meant when He said we must become like little children in order to enter the kingdom of heaven. One of the reasons we were able to get such glee out of those Saturdays as young kids is that we had parents who loved us and took care of us. We have a Father in Heaven who loves us. The very thought of that truth should lighten the load we are carrying today (and every day!)

Rejoice! Its Saturday!

"Beep Beep!"
Have a good one!

A Postscript: (10:45am) My niece Kirstin just began a blog- it is interesting what she wrote in her entry for today- very interesting! http://kirstinshangout.blogspot.com/

That's All Folks!