Tuesday, June 15, 2010
1:30 AM
Wahoo
I come from a family that is BIG on Wahoo. Someone was playing it at our house all of the time. My parents had close friends who would often come over on the weekends and play this with my parents late into the night. They loved this game and the opportunity it afforded all of them to laugh and visit after a long work week. During the rest of the week, my parents, especially my mom, would often play Wahoo with me. My mom didn't like to play games much but to this day she LOVES Wahoo and she's little but she's wirey. She'll kick your butt in Wahoo. LOLOL
Wahoo reminds me of lots of sweet, innocent childhood hours sitting on the living room floor with my mama, both of us drinking Coca Cola and munching on Fritos (her favorite snack), having the time of our lives doing something as simple as chasing one another's marbles around a small, little board. What I wouldn't give if our family could get together today to do that again.