Childhood Sundays
By RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (73774)
Daytona Beach, Florida
September 18, 2015 10:07am CST
Do let me know if you think that poetry is not right for discussions but I added this poem because it tells of Sundays when they were not just ordinary days. Do you remember a time when Sundays were special and every store was closed and a great many people went to church? Do you think that Sundays should be different from the other days in the week?
Sunny Sunday mornings
that in my memory shine
of quiet streets
and church bells ringing
dad and I
out in the early morn
when the sun rays
feel so fine
no one about
just the two of us
dad buying the newspapers
me tagging along
in that quiet square
pigeons everywhere
enjoying this quiet Sunday
that was to be treasured
I’d look up above
at white clouds floating by
spread my little arms
and give a little shriek of joy
now Sundays have become
just regular days
shops no longer closed
missing those old-fashioned days
still remember how it was
when people went to church
instead of heading for the mall
special kinds of Sundays now just a memory
Picture of little me
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@TGRWorzel (47)
• United Kingdom
18 Sep 15
Sunday was the worst day of the week when I was a child.
I was packed off to Sunday School very unwillingly, whilst Mum & Dad had a lie in. Sunday lunch was OK, but of bit of a ritual and very inflexible. We could not have Shepherds Pie on a Sunday as it was not the done thing. There was very little chance of going out to play, as everybody had to be quiet on a Sunday.The shops were all closed too and the TV was rubbish...
I still don't like Sunday's very much even to this day, though they are very different now.
@RasmaSandra (73774)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Sep 15
@TGRWortzel I stopped enjoying Sundays when they became ordinary and I had to go to work the next day. You had Sunday school but I had Saturday school. Latvian school was in session on Saturdays so my Sundays were still free.
@RasmaSandra (73774)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Sep 15
@mkrnex You and I both. I came awake sometime around noon in my school seat. I even had high school homeroom sessions watching the sun rising from the window lol kid you not. 
@GreatMartin (23675)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
19 Sep 15
I LOVE poetry!!
As a Jewish boy in the Bronx our Sundays consisted of bagels, lox and cream cheese along with the New York Times and then later in the day go down to the lower east side where my grandmother made dinner for her 8 children and all their spouses and children. Then grandfather would take the kids for a walk along Orchid street where we would dip our fingers (no plastic gloves!) to fish out the biggest pickle we could get. We knew we were all grown up when he would take the older kids to Katz's Deli for a corned beef sandwich while an aunt would collect all the young kids and take them back to grandmother who would give them each a penny!
Thanks for bringing back the memories!
Thanks for bringing back the memories!@RasmaSandra (73774)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Sep 15
You welcome @GreatMartin and thank you for the short tour of NYC. I have had many breakfasts with warm bagels, lox and cream cheese and I have to say that is a breakfast made in heaven. Miss that so much and corned beet and pastrami sandwiches and pickles in barrels. Amazing how much we have in common and we are Lutheran but my dad always loved to shop in the Jewish groceries because the food was so good and reminded him of the natural and home-made foods from Latvia. You just gave me an idea for a discussion about things that were so great in childhood. It will be coming up soon and thanks for the inspiration.
