The first thing I think of when I look back onto my childhood is laying in the grass. I spent a lot of my time as a child outside, as I'm sure we all did. It is one of the most beautiful things about being a kid. Things were so simple then. Its not that times grow more difficult as we age, it is just that we cant escape from them as easily. All you needed when you were a child was your imagination, but now if I were to go running around through my back yard, pretending to be a detective or fairy, I would get a one way trip to an insane asylum. That's what is beautiful about youth, and why we will always yearn to relive it. But we can't. It is one of those moments we have to cherish. It is like that Dr. Seuss quote, "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." I will always love my childhood and will always have the fond memories of the freedom of it all.

And because of this, I will always retain that beautiful childhood essence.