Here’s a bit of irony for you… today I wanted to talk about ‘kids gone wild’… and how much I love seeing a bunch of children playing wildly and with abandon (sadly, an all too rare sight these days) and then I ran across a comment someone made about receiving a note from their apartment management stating that if they don’t immediately clean up their children’s sidewalk art they would be fined for ‘tagging’!!!

Excuse me but WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH US??!!?

When I grow up I’m pretty sure I’ll be beyond being bothered by this but really… some days I can’t help but wonder if the whole world has gone mad.

Now understand, I currently live in an apartment… by choice. (I hadn’t had the experience in decades and wanted to try it out again… but that’s another story :-)) And I understand that communal living involves some ‘rules’ that might not be found with other ways of living. For instance, I can’t have a birdfeeder (they’re afraid of attracting rodents) and as the 4th of July just passed, a holiday here in America, we all received a letter informing us that NO FIREWORKS LEGAL OR OTHERWISE ARE ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY. (yeah, written just like that. They’re afraid of potential lawsuits and don’t want the mess that a thoughtless few are likely to leave behind).  So okay… have a rule or two that saves you some work or protects your fanny from any and all fears, real or imagined.

But what is to be FEARED from childrens CHALK DRAWINGS??? And how tough is the cleanup of something that a light sprinkle of rain or a bit of foot traffic renders non-existent???

That particular ‘rule’ definitely brings out the rebel in me so today I want to encourage you ALL to join your children in creating beautiful chalk ‘graffiti’ in any fashion you choose… whether to create an image, a gameboard or to deliver a message dear to your heart… BE BRAVE… BE BOLD… BE CHEEKY… BE CHALKY… and HAVE FUN!!!!