Remember This?

Do you have any memory of youth?  Not the kind of youth that played pick-up football games on a mud-soaked field on a Saturday morning.  Not the youth that giggled at the thought of going to a dance, let alone dancing with a girl.  Not the youth that had to sneak one of Dad's cigarettes or swipe a first can of beer.

The youth I'm talking about came years before all that.  It is the youth of discovery, faith, and joy.  It is the youth that can celebrate a cold day with a clear driveway and a tub of sidewalk chalk.  It is the youth that knew the meaning of fun: the laughter, the sheer delight, the pride, the perfect moment that is learning you can, for the first time in your almost 4 years of life, pedal your tractor all by yourself.  Did you ever?  Can you remember?