Neighborhood Hangout

Recently, I was walking through the mall and noticed a ton of kids just hanging out. It made me remember where our local neighborhood hangout was when we were kids. No, it wasn’t a soda shop or a park or a mall. It was a tree. It was an apple tree in the Klaren’s yard. That is where we hung out.

All the kids in the neighborhood would meet there. We would talk about everything from parents to homework to school to music to games. We would play Red Rover or SPUD or hide and seek or touch football under its branches. We would enjoy its fruit.

When visiting in 2007, we found the tree. It was still there though it was a lot smaller than I remembered.

I learned so much about people and life within its branches.

Where was your hangout?