"Young, Wild, and Free"

            Many times we have been told, “you can’t do that, you’re to old, and or to big.” We’ll we can either take it in and agree or we can do the opposite and really YOLO!

            In the beginning of 2013 I took a road trip to Winslow. For two reasons, one reason was because I needed new kneepads for basketball, and the second I wanted to hang out with my friend Luis Petete. I met Luis through Search in St. Michaels last March. Must I say he has always been there for me no matter how far apart we are and no matter how long it takes us to talk to one another again. He has told me that once a friend always a friend. Which has became true. Well, anyways after buying my kneepads we met up at McDonalds. To my surprise, I met Sabrina, I believe that’s how you spell it. In the beginning I thought it was his adopted sister or something. It turned out to be his girlfriend that I have never heard of until that day!

            All three of us ordered. I paid for my food while they paid for theirs. We went through the door that led to the playground. Yes, we sat in the playground room. We didn’t even have a young child with us! But, it’s okay it didn’t stop us one bit. As we took a seat we started talking about stuff. They would ask how school was and how things went down in the H-town. After, asking their questions I started to know Sabrina by asking her what she does. I came to learn she helps at the retirement home or nursing home. One of those two maybe I didn’t learn that much besides the fact she takes care of elderly people. Then in the middle of our conversation we had a pause in it just so we could enjoy our food.

            As I was drinking my Sprite, I was the one who had the clear view of who goes up the playground. Luis and Sabrina had their backs towards the opening of the stairs that you have to climb through. Out of nowhere I see an older man maybe in his forties or thirties. All I could tell was he was way to old to be going in the playground. I tapped on the table and gave my two friends a signal to turn around. They turned around and we began to watch this older man work his way through the playground. The funny thing was that it seemed as if he was looking for his son, which was already at the bottom because he took the slide. His son looked at us at pointed at his father or grandpa which ever it may have been. He pointed, covered his mouth, and started to laugh.

            The man reached the slide and we all thought included the little boy that he was going to take the slide to get back down. Nope we were wrong. He turned around and climbed down the steps again and the little boy scared him when he came down and began to laugh again. Luis, Sabrina, and I smiled at each other and began to laugh. We weren’t laughing because the old man. We were laughing because we saw how much love the man has for the child because he didn’t let anything stop him to playing with him. He didn’t care what others would think of him and he didn’t let his age stop him.

            Just yesterday, we came back from Chinle and we stopped at Burnside. Teyah, Nasa, and I decided to go down the slide in their playground. This was the second time I did this in that particular playground. The first time was with Brittany who hit her head going up. We didn’t care though, we just did it, and enjoyed it as much as we could. I think that once we are told that we are to old or can’t do certain things we sometimes let it get to us and make it true. But, I believe that we can still enjoy the little things we did as little kids, we just have to put the world aside and do it. Just like the older man with his son or grandchild, or the older people in the Superbowl commercial.