"Back in the day..." may be such a cliche term but it is so useful. My friends and I use it on a regular basis to refer to not only our high school glory days, but also to a time where skipping classes to go to Fashion Island or the Bean Bag store wasn't and option. The innocence I possessed as a child amazes me. Times when the tooth fairy seemed so real I would try and stay awake to catch him/her/it or how the one time my parents let me sleep next to the tree to wait for Santa Claus and somehow they managed to put all the presents under the tree, eat the cookies and drink the milk without disturbing me, although I was a heavy sleeper. Back when teddy bears and action figures could take the place of friends who couldn't come over to play and entertain me for hours. They almost were Toy Story-esque the way each of them had personalities and tendencies I would create, the bad guys, the good guys, how the cool lego guys were the ones with the white helmets and black visors named Chad and Chase. I spent hours playing with those legos, and my parents spent so much money on keeping me entertained and happy. The thing is that they still spoil me, maybe not to the extent they did when I was a child but at least now I am mature enough to realize it and be very appreciative of all their efforts. I became so close with my family that now when there aren't serious things to deal with they can be the friends/ siblings I never had as a child.
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