I miss Kevin and Winnie

Yup, that would be a “The Wonder Years” reference. I really miss that show. It alternated between humor, “life lessons,” love, tough stuff, and so many other things. And it still remains to be one the most quotable T.V. shows I’ve ever watched.

“Those years were like a long journey for me, looking back it was a time when we were still very small, and the world seemed very big. And I think about those days again and again, whenever some blowhard starts talking about the anonymity of the suburbs, or the mindlessness of the tv generation…because I know I will never forget those times, those years of WONDER.”

“There was a time when the world was enormous, spanning the vast, almost infinate boundaries of your neighborhood — the place where you grew up; where you didn’t think twice about playing on someone else’s lawn — and the street was your territory that occasionally got invaded by a passing car. It was where you didn’t get called home until after it was dark. And all the people, and all the houses that surrounded you were as familiar as the things in your own room. And you knew they would never change.”

“Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what’s to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been, and look ahead to what would be. Other days. New days. Days to come. The thing is, we didn’t have to hate each other for getting older. We just had to forgive ourselves…for growing up.”

“I wanted to stay there, in that night…more than anything I wanted before. But I knew I couldn’t. I was fifteen. I slept under a roof my father owned, in a bed my father bought. Nothing was mine, except my heart, and my fears. And my growing knowledge that not every road was going to lead home anymore.”

“Once upon a time there was a girl I knew, who lived across the street. Brown hair, brown eyes. When she smiled, I smiled. When she cried, I cried. Every single thing that ever happened to me that mattered, in some way had to do with her. That day Winnie and I promised each other that no matter what, that we’d always be together. It was a promise full of passion and truth and wisdom. It was the kind of promise that can only come from the hearts of the very young.”

It’s amazing what childhood is made of.