SC-S29/W1- Nostalgia Of The Liitle Me : Games we used to play: Stop

Hello friends of #StoryOnSteem, I'm happy to share with you all this time my entry for the challenge from my friend @sohanurrahman: Nostalgia Of The Little Me: Games we used to play

I think we all personally remember several games from our childhood that were important to us. In fact, writing this post has been a difficult task because I remember more than one game with great fondness.

That said, the best part of writing this post, beyond remembering these games and fun days, lies in mentally reliving the companionship that came with spending the day playing, just as a child.

I was very happy in my childhood.

I must say that I had a wonderful childhood, full of love, toys and games. I shared my childhood with my sister and my cousins ​​and together we were the best team to play with, because we could make a fun game out of anything.

Me dressed up playing monsters hehehehe

I even played with dolls with my sister because she would cry if I didn't play with her, ha ha ha ha. We also played dress-up and did some mischief, like playing with grandma's bread flour and covering ourselves completely in flour from head to toe.

With my sister and the flour game prank

To fulfill the requirements of this challenge, the game I decided to bring up is: Stop! So many anecdotes! I remember this fun and exciting game that made my childhood days the best, because it brought my whole family together.

I understand that in other countries it has different names: Tutti Frutti, Basta, Paren la mano, Alto el fuego, Adedonha, but basically it's played the same way with some different rules depending on the country. So, I'll give you a brief summary of what it's about.

Stop !!

Each player has a sheet of paper, and at the top are the items name, surname, city, thing, color, animal, and fruit (we, being more creative, used to even add movie and celebrity). A random person would call out a letter of the alphabet, and we had to fill in our sheets. The first one to do so would shout "STOP!" and everyone would automatically stop. Whoever had the most points at the end won.

Besides requiring mental agility, it was great fun to invent words and justify them as if you were the best lawyer in the world. I remember using "Unicorn" as an animal, or "Hilacha" as a fruit, and provoking the funniest laughs and arguments ever, until we ended up asking Mr. Google if that word existed, ha ha ha ha ha.

I used to play this game with my cousins, Roseilyn, Daniela, Mariana, Martha, and Yuliannys. They would come to my house at least every weekend, and this game was a must. My parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents often joined in, or they were the judges or the ones who called out the words.

My cousins ​​playing Stop

I think the most important lesson I learned from all this was to cherish and enjoy the company of our loved ones whenever we can, since it's been years since we've all gotten together to play a game of Stop.

Stop taught me, without saying it directly, that simplicity can also be profound and enjoyable, that you don't need much to create memories that last for years, that creativity is born from play, and that shared laughter is a form of affection.

With my playmates

Today, looking back from the distance of adulthood, I realize that Stop wasn't just a game to kill time, but a kind of family ritual that, without us even knowing it, was bringing us closer together, teaching us to listen to each other, to laugh even when we lost, and to value those simple moments that seemed eternal in childhood but that, over the years, became memories.

Those long afternoons where the heat didn't matter, where there was no rush to grow up or responsibilities to attend to, the fun chaos that it generated—and I think that if I had had the awareness I have today back then, I would have enjoyed every game, every laugh, and every absurd argument over a mispronounced word even more.

Together in joy and fun

Today, while writing this post, I felt a pang of nostalgia seeing how childhood is now immersed in so much technology, depriving children of the healthy, beautiful, and fun play many of us grew up with—the physical contact, the games where our actions and we ourselves were the protagonists.

That's why I'm always grateful for the childhood I had, and for the family that gave me the best moments of my childhood, which I now recall with nostalgia but with immense love, and without even trying, with a smile on my face.

Collage of moments from my childhood

And that's all for now. I'd like to invite @adriancabrera, @pandora2010, and @luisito01 to participate. Until next time!

_{All photos are my own, taken with my Samsung A55 cell phone}

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