My Favorite Childhood Memory is.....

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  • RegulJ
    RegulJ Member Posts: 9
    edited May 2010

    Sitting on the porch and watching thunderstorms roll by with my father :)

    Laying on my father's chest and watching Jaques Cousteau on TV (gave me my love of nature)

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited May 2010

    I remember the thunder storms and my grandmother told

    me it was the angels bowling, and when they got a strike

    the lightening would come.

  • riley702
    riley702 Member Posts: 575
    edited May 2010

    When we were really little, Dad told us thunder was a potato wagon in heaven getting knocked over. When we were older, he'd tell us not to be afraid of thunder, because if we heard it, the lightning had already missed us.

    Mom and Dad taught us how to swim and tread water as early as possible because there were lakes in the area. We'd go swimming as a family in the stripper pits (left over from coal mines), some of which were several hundred feet deep. But Dad would tell us not to be afraid of deep water because "over your head is over your head, whether it's six feet or six hundred feet", and by the same token, not to take our safety for granted in shallow water.

    These stories might make Dad sound humorless, but he was a real joker, constantly laughing and playing pranks. He was just very pragmatic about not being afraid of things out of our control. That attitude has come in handy dealing with this damned cancer. I do what I can and try not to sweat the rest. Faith in God helps with that, too!

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited May 2010

    Remembering the good time prayer and faith in God, Helps

    us to stay strong and keep fighting. I love when I was little

    playing the organ, Now I write poetry and music to praise

    God.

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited June 2010

    When I was little we lived on Air Force Base. Some

    times the Jets would be real noisy at night. Dad would

    tell me Gods angels were flying the jets.

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited June 2010

    Remember the little things we played with like

    jacks or ball that didnt cost alot

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited June 2010

    Taking flowers(weeds) to a lady that was not feeling well.

    She loved them

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited June 2010

    Taking pop bottles back that I found to get

    money or candy.

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited July 2010

    Trying to knock down the figs out of Grandmas

    tree, To me it seem like a giant.

  • collie-flower
    collie-flower Member Posts: 148
    edited July 2010

    At primary school, 

    in the days leading up to Christmas,

    singing Christmas songs and feeling so happy and excited!

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited July 2010

    Helping get ready to go to Japan on a ship

    and was feeling lost, But alot of people cared.

    We live on base and some lady really were wonderful

    and caring.

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited July 2010

    licking the spoon from the icing on the cake

  • torigirl
    torigirl Member Posts: 748
    edited July 2010

    Hearing the bells of the ice cream truck coming down the street...running up the steps to shout to my grandma, "The ding ding man is coming!  The ding ding man is coming!"

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited July 2010

    I love that too, thank for the memories when

    it cost 5cents too

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited July 2010

    I remember we didnt have alot of playground toys

    at school, But I believe we were better at sharing

    and not as rude.

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited July 2010

    those black and white shoes, They hurt my feet

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited July 2010

    Going to the dentist and getting a candybar after

    I was done.

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited July 2010

    Growing from Brownies to Girl Scouts

    I was so proud

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited July 2010

    Playing bingo on the Air Force base in Hawaii

  • my3girls
    my3girls Member Posts: 1,291
    edited August 2010

    Listening through my bedroom window in the summer (mom put us to bed before sunset sometimes) hearing other kids still playing.

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited August 2010

    I remember that!

    Eating outside and watch the lighting bugs

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited September 2010

    Collecting pop bottle caps

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited September 2010

    I remember losing my rollerskate keys, We

    did have any money to afford new ones. My

    teacher said someone left theses for You.

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited September 2010

    I remember Girl scout camping and singing

    by the fire. The somemores were good too!

  • squidwitch42
    squidwitch42 Member Posts: 1,467
    edited September 2010
    Playing "Old Maid" with my Grandma (a card game.)  We would have chocolate milk shakes that my Grandma would make.  She took Hershy's syrup and milk and shook it up in a silver drink mixer. We also had different colored mints, quarter sized that we would use as rewards for winning. 
     
  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited September 2010

    Watching to see if the koolaid was on

    sale, so we could sell in at the koolaid

    stand

  • squidwitch42
    squidwitch42 Member Posts: 1,467
    edited September 2010

    My mother waking my sister and me up at 4 AM to watch for "falling stars" when meteorite showers were in the forcast.

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited September 2010

    Pressing leaves between wax paper (art)

  • squidwitch42
    squidwitch42 Member Posts: 1,467
    edited September 2010

    My Grandmother made some beautiful rugs...she used material from old dresses and quilts.  She also made some latch hook rugs that are extrememly durable, and like pieces of artwork. I haven't done the latch hook in a long time, but I wish I new how to create stained glass work. I also wish I knew how to knit...keep the hands busy :) In short, I wish I had learned more from my grandmother!

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited September 2010

    I would do rugs for Christmas presents,

    How about finding beautiful rocks showing

    at school. I love to find wishing rocks, flat

    rocks my teacher told me..