ois:

This is the waterpark at West Edmonton Mall. It looks very different now, but this is what the tube ride looked like when I was a kid. I went on those rides so many times in my childhood, I can still picture every turn and waterfall in my head.

One time I got stuck and couldn’t get myself moving again and my family was swept onwards with the current and other people kept going past and none of the lifeguards were around to help me and I thought I was going to be stuck there forever. Tube rides still make me feel very anxious.

laughingsquid:

Old Maid Cards c.1960s

My grandma used to have a deck of cards exactly like this. I don’t remember much about her or her house or this game, but in my memory we would play this in her living room, surrounded by overstuffed floral furniture. I could never hold all of my cards, so instead she would let me spread my cards out on the the gaudy glass coffee table (Did it have gold trim? I can’t remember. Probably.) and lay underneath to play. It must have been terribly annoying, waiting for me to crawl under the table for each turn. I thought it was the greatest thing ever.

dallasclayton:

One of my favorite parts about reading in schools is how small the chairs are. When was the last time you sat on a little chair? If it’s been a while I recommend you seek one out today, have a seat and try to get comfortable. We spend so much time trying to grow and change and get better at things and sitting in a little chair is a great reminder of just how much you’ve grown and changed without even really having to try at all. 

caitlinhill:

1941, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA — Kindergarten students from the Bank Street School look at the New York City skyline from a ferry in New York Harbor. —- Image by © Lucien Aigner CORBIS