Children's Day They Say...

Yesterday was Children's Day in Mexico, I'm not quite sure if it was as well somewhere else in the world, I kind of understand the International one is in October or something, but since I'm mexican, for me it was the day before today... April the 30th.

Usually children have fun in school, they receive many candies and cakes, sometimes they get to dress up as Super Heroes or Princesses, when they are lucky they have new toys, they eat special breakfast (tons of Nutella, omnomnomn, yummy!), etcetera. It's pretty cool whey you have the age. Then you turn 12 or maybe a little more, and then you say "eeew! I'm not a baby anymore!", kids I say to you that's the biggest mistake you can say on this day. It's a day not just for the little ones or for the ones that does't believe in a childishly and fantastic day; but also for those who are enjoying life as the youth, time to celebrate to be silly for a minute, to remember those days; and also for the old, for them to share with the gnomes, for them to let free the child they carry inside.

This is a day to make the cube of life a whole new world, to color the black and white book with colors, where it really doesn't matter if you color the cow purple or green. It's a day out of 365 to make you problem free, to time travel where all you needed to survive was a carton box, a red towel and your underwear under your pants. In the end life is the same, we are just 'smarter', but, are we? NO, because all the intelligence we have we limit it and make it valueless. So think again the next time you want to color a building gray, and go for the yellow instead maybe even with sparkles, why not?

We are just different, and kids know that, the only difference is that we don't accept that and kids does. This Children's Day has a name but I've learnt that every day we have a chance to put on a big suit and dream of being the best, of making your ideas come true of fighting monsters and reading a good story before going to bed, but now it's turn to make this good story, your story, your life. Keep the little blue car in your hand and keep driving.

Vrumm, Vrumm, Vrumm (It's supposed to be a cars noise imitation, but ehm I think it didn't went that well)

- Luisa Alcocer