Michael,

Wow, a couple of really cool posts!

I think you've got something there.... :)

When you were just a kid, you could do ANYTHING (until those mean adults told you you couldn't!).

Crawling through the MUD was a lot of fun, not an embarassment.... :)

Richard Myers said it best a few posts below.....

And you could ask for anything from anybody without embarassment.... UNTIL you learned that you shouldn't!

I think CHILDREN are sometimes the WISEST ones around.... :) They're a lot wiser than we adults realize, you know....

(We adults need to stick together and learn, because we're constantly being outwitted by kids!)

Don't you remember when you were a kid how mean a few of those adults were. Those GRUFF types, always telling you to play somewhere else.... (Well, I remember that -- and I promised myself I would never become one of those types of adults, but become one of the NICE ones who would let me play anywhere I wanted to....)

At some stage, sadly SOME of us lose some of our child-like innocence.... I guess those are the GRUFF types.... Those adults need to be sent to their rooms!

Speaking of going to your room.... I didn't get enough sleep last night... I think I'll go take my nap (after my glass of milk) and write a bit more later... :)

- Dien