March 12: Associations

Have you ever played that association game where someone says a topic, and it reminds you of something that ties to something else that then, gets you started on a story, and pretty soon, you are 5 stories away from the beginning one you started?

As an illustration, here we go.

Today is my nephew Brayden's birthday. Brayden loves dinosaurs. His teacher is so creative that she let him present on dinosaurs in her class for an entire lesson, and he did so well.

I love dinosaurs as well. In fact, in sixth grade, I broke up with my boyfriend for the guy who liked dinosaurs. He had bought something dinosaur-related at the book fair, where I bought some weirdo car stickers.

I remember liking a CCC, Chevrolet Camaro Convertible. This was one of the cars on my car stickers from the Book Fair (I love the Book Fair still to this day). I used it as my top car choice for the game MASH. I know you've played it. I taught it to my own children, and when I taught, I let the students play for one lesson to help with problem/solution and life choices.

Another great paper game at that time was the fortune teller, where you asked questions and gave responses, which is totally related to the Magic 8 ball. Will I ever make sense in this blog? "Very doubtful," the 8 ball replies.

These toys and games made decisions seem easy, as there were tons of choices, and with one fell swoop of a cross-out on MASH, an opened corner on the fortune teller, or a flipped over 8 ball, one could determine his/her life's paths. Ahhh, if it were just this easy.

How did I do? Birthdays to the Magic 8 Ball and life's paths. Pretty interesting how with each year, we usually evaluate how we are doing on life's paths. So, is everything truly related somehow?

Where does your mind take you in the association game?