posted on Nov, 30 2022 @ 03:46 PM
Memories...What are your earliest memories?
I was having a conversation with my son the other day when looking at some old photos. There were some of a trip we took to Disneyland when he was
around 5.5yrs old. I ask if he remembered this, pointing to the photo. He said he didn't remember it at all, in fact he hardly remembers anything
from when he was young. I thought this was strange because I remember lots of things from when I was very young, and everything in between. He says he
doesn't.
I ask him what was the oldest memory he has, and he couldn't think of anything...strange I thought. Although he does remember things from several
years back; even things that happened a decade or more ago with respect to getting and having pets etc.
So, before I bore you with some of my earliest memories. I ask you, what are your true earliest memories? What do you recall? Surely you can go back
through your school years, or at least I thought my son could. But I guess not everyone can for some reason.
For me, my earliest memory is from climbing up onto a window seat to lay down and bask in the warm Sun light. When I spoke to my mother about this;
she was shocked because I was less than a year old when this happened. We only lived in that house with a window seat for about six months, and moved
before I was a year old. I still remember it clearly. The window seat was painted white, and had a white curtain. That I now know was cotton or linen.
I remember struggling to pull myself up onto the window seat. But once I got there I was in bliss laying in the warmth of the Sun and napping.
I remember a fight my parents had when I was two. Because my stick pony got broken. I also, remember the argument, but not what it was about, but that
either Mom or Dad (I think it was Dad) had taken one of the knobs of the stove and thrown it across the room. My brother and I were at the table. It
was white. Our apartment was small, with yellowish/white (okra?) walls. The appliances were white, and I was facing the kitchen area.
Also at about 2.4yrs old, I remember going to Yellowstone. Sitting on the half-log benches waiting for old faithful to blow. I remember how the area
there was I think gravely? IDK, have never been back, but would like to some day. We had a bear come through our camp-site! The trails across the
bubbling mud pools scared the crap out of me. Mainly because I was small, the railing was high for me to reach, and you were walking on a narrow wood
path over them. I'm sure that's why I remember them so well.
My Dad died in a car accident just before my third B-day, and I kind of have a memory hole for about six months here.
But then that fall we had an earthquake. I remember laying on the floor during the earthquake and just rolling around for what seemed to me like
minutes, but wasn't really that long. But to a little kid it was an eternity. Not long after came the Big Columbus day storm that hit.
I remember the storm very very well. I was with my brother and Mom at Albertson's. We were toward the back of the store when the lights started to
flicker, then went out with a HUGE CRASHING noise. Those giant glass windows at the front of the store blew out from the strong wind gusts. The store
clerks were running around getting all of the customers to safety, and out of the store. When we went home, we were stuck in our car for hours and
hours because the power lines had come down. They were still live, and the ground was wet (rain coming in buckets, and windy). Our Mom wouldn't let
us out until the power lines were taken care of, so we would get electrocuted. The next day, ALL of the old big trees that had lined the street were
knocked down in the street. All the kids had a field day climbing around on them until they were cleaned up. Anyway, that all happened when I was only
just over 3yrs old.
What are your earliest memories? And be honest, don't make crap up. What do you really remember.
I still find it weird that my son has such a bad memory. I've always had a really good one. Maybe he got it from his mother...IDK??? My daughter
looks a little more like me, and has a good memory. Just a genetic roll of the dice I guess.
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