When we get older being entertained is hard. We have to spend hundreds of dollars on subscriptions and apps to drown out the noise around us. But when you are six or eight, it is not such a challenge. A round piece of metal can magically transform into a spinning wheel that takes you across planets. Whoosh! Swish! It becomes a weapon as you fight an imposing dragon. Blankets become moats and pillows become forts. Stuffies can be pets, friends, even a ball to throw and catch. But Tag – what can one say about Tag? 

It is, in my opinion, the most versatile and magical game there is. It requires no equipment just an abundance of imagination. It can be a simple ‘Tag’ or a complicated ‘Chaos Tag’, ‘Turtle tag’, ‘Blob tag’ – the choices are limitless. It really takes any shape you want it to. And when you play it, it completely and overwhelmingly engages. You transform magically into a player in the game and all you are aware of is that feeling of thrill. Why is it so exhilarating to run, to hear the breath of your co-player get closer and closer, catching up to you, their hands reaching out with, their fingers inching closer, closer until ‘Tag’? For a few minutes, we don’t need to think of anything at all other than that one thing- survival. And for those few minutes, we do our very best, nothing more and nothing less. We live. 

So if you ever miss feeling young, feeling alive, remember you have a special portal to reach back into time and do just that. A portal accessed by a password – a three-lettered password spelled ‘Tag’.