When I was a little girl in 1960’s there were no video games so we played in the woods all day. We never came home till the sun went down. I lived on the edge of town in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Our home and also a small motel called Delphia Courts was there. Behind the Delphia Courts was a small wood, and a large cow pasture with a swimming/fishing pond. Far away was the most magical place of all was called the Cougar woods. In the woods was my favorite tree, the wishing tree. It was large, and it seem to be all alone. It had thick crusty bark with a hole for wishes. As a kid things were hard so I had lots of wishes, I also brought small gifts to the tree. My big wish was to be own my own.