2x23 # "How I'm Spending My Summer Vacation"

Growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day you're in diapers, the next day you're gone. But the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul. I remember a place, a town, a house like a lot of other houses, a yard like a lot of other yards, on a street like a lot of other streets. And the thing is, after all these years, I still look back, with wonder.

The unforgettable wonder years !

I finished Eldest and was unsure of how to pass my time. The second of inheritance was again a great read but the suspence was killing me and I had to step back in the real world. And what could be better than the good old Wonder Years. I have finished watching the first two seasons already and it never stops to amaze me how much of emotion can be depicted from a 30 min episode focussed on life an Average Teenager. I do, still look back, with wonder.

There are a lot of episodes that can be pointed out as The episodes but I wouldnt gloat on each and every one of them. Rather I would just share the last episode of the second season in which Winnie's parents are about to seperate. It is a nice flowing episode and provides the occasional laughs that a popular comedy sit-com is required to. But then something amazing happens in the end. Winnie is sitting dejected on the porch of her house and Scarborough Fair is playing in the background, that is when Kevin arrives on the scene to say something intelligent. The limelight though is again stolen by the narrator as he qoutes "That summer kids everywhere swam,water-skied and sailed, while winnie cooper struggled to keep her head above water, in a family torn apart by anger and grief. I pretty much did nothing that summer and for that I consider myself lucky"

And what better way to end this blog then with one more qoute "We didn't have to hate ourselves for getting older, we just had to forgive ourselves for growing up" How true, if only I could live the third year of college again and again !!