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If Everyday Life Was a Playground | Life at Spring Meadows | Gardening Living Creating<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Playground. According to the Oxford Dictionary,\u201c a playground is a place where a particular group of people chooses to enjoy themselves.\u201d (Oxford Dictionary)<\/p>\n

According to our youngest, that simply describes life in a general term. It seems I often\u00a0need to be\u00a0reminded of this simple truth and yesterday was one of those \u201clife lessons from a 5-year-old\u201d kind of days.<\/p>\n

We had just arrived home. Taylor was upstairs changing from her school clothes, getting ready to play. I was sitting at the kitchen table about to enjoy a lunch of grilled chicken and caesar salad when there was a quick \u201ctap tap\u201d knock at the door.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho is that?\u201d Taylor asked from upstairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not sure, but I will check.\u201d I left my lunch supervised by a hungry golden retriever and walked down the hallway to peer out the side window of the front door. I saw the mailman hurrying back to his truck. Opening the door, I found a package he had left on the porch.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, it\u2019s just that mailman,\u201d Taylor said as she walked down the stairs. Dressed in bright pink pants with ruffles, a green polka dotted shirt, her favorite purple boots, mardi gras beads, and a red hat, I could only imagine what this perky little girl had in mind for our afternoon of play.<\/p>\n

Shaking her head and rolling her eyes, she said, \u201cHe plays that game all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cReally? What game?\u201d I asked as I looked into the innocent face of our little red-head who apparently believes that a knock on the door and a package left by the mailman is so much more than just part of a day\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

Trying to pretend exasperation, Taylor explained. \u201cHe knocks on our door, leaves something, then runs to his truck really quick. He thinks we don\u2019t see him.\u201d The look of delight on her face gave away that she was enjoying the antics of the mailman and his game. \u201cBut I always see him!\u201d<\/p>\n

The mailman sped away in his truck to his next destination. We watched him knock on another door to leave a package and hurriedly return to his truck.<\/p>\n

\u201cYep! See! That is what he does.\u201d I turned to look at Taylor who was grinning as she watched the mailman play a game of \u201cCatch me if you can\u201d as he knocked on doors throughout the neighborhood, then hurry back to his truck before being caught.<\/p>\n

I giggled to myself, wondering if the people in this community realize what a fun mailman they have. Of course, I am basing my thoughts on the perception of our little redhead and not every house is occupied with a 5-year-old who thinks that life is one big playground where everyone is happy and having fun with one another. If only that were true!<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know about your life, Mr. Mailman, or the others in this neighborhood,\u201d I thought, \u201cbut on the other side of this door is someone who thinks you are a part of her great big wonderful world where people play, and life is happy!\u201d<\/p>\n

For the next few minutes, she told me her plans to catch the mailman at his game. She had me. I was captivated by her \u201cplayground of life.\u201d I think I will stay here for a while in this place of pure delight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am going to scare him one day. I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mailman beware! I think she is on to your game! And one day you may be surprised and frightened by a little redhead, dressed in a wide-brimmed floppy hat, hiding in the bushes to scare you when you walk up and knock on the door!<\/p>\n

Life is about having fun!<\/p>\n

She keeps me laughing, yes she does! And she keeps showing me that life actually is a playground!<\/p>\n

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“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” Mother Teresa<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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