Time to remember

So I heard this song on the radio the other day that brought back a ton of my childhood memories. It's called "Time to remember" by Billy Joel. It's funny how a song can bring so many thoughts and feelings to me. It was fun to listen to it and reminisce. These are the things I thought of:

• going to beach bonfires ( I grew up in southern California)
  
• riding my bike home as fast as I could in the dark
  
• dancing in my driveway with my mom and the neighborhood kids
  
• catching frogs and putting them in my barbie dollhouse
  
• walking to 7-11 to get those little 5 cent candies
• driving in the car with Dad listening to Randy Newman
• exploring the construction sites near my house, I would take a little bag with me of things I needed and be gone all day
• swimming with my cousins at Grandma's house in the summers

We saw Ratatouille last week and I loved it because there was a part where a very stingy critic gets blown away by the dish the cook makes for him because it reminds him of a dish his mother used to make him when he was a child. There are only a few things that can bring back those precious memories of our pasts, for me it was this song and I'm glad I got to revisit those times again in my mind if only for a few minutes.