WHEN I WAS A KID

When I was a kid, we were off school on Good Friday but, if we didn't go to church, my mom wouldn't let us go out of the house and play from noon to 3 pm . . . that's just the way it was.  She was sure that this was the time that Jesus suffered and died.

Sit in the house and be quiet . . . that was the rule.  Remember, this is before kids had so many things to do in their rooms.  There was only one TV in the house and it was off . . . no i-anythings.  It was 'cruel and unusual punishment' on a beautiful Spring day - that's what I thought at the time.  Maybe we need more of that.
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