while I was taking the pups for a walk today

 I came across a house that looked very similar to the one

I lived in while growing up,

only this particular residence had a picture window.

Back in the day

Only the expensive homes

had big picture windows

complete with window seats

Oh how I longed for a window seat with my picture window

I knew it would be the perfect place to read and write

its funny what we wished for when we were young

but I never said a word to anyone

I also wanted a swing set

although I never mentioned that desire to my parents either

 however

one day

I told the kids on the block

we were getting one

I have never ever

 made something like that up out of the clear blue sky

before or after that summer day

I don't know what possessed me

yet

I'll never forget how my friends and I waited all day long for it to be delivered

I was just as disappointed as they all were

I actually believed my own fib

maybe I thought if you wished for something hard enough it would come true

Today if kids hope for things in their homes

its usually on a much grander scale

I heard one of mine say a few years ago

I wish we had a movie theater

that's another story