Tag: memories
group name: childgrowup
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May 27, 2007 12:09 AM EDT --
I saw someone else do this, so thought I would give it a try.
1) I remember that we sat down and ate dinner together each evening as a family...NO exceptions.
2) On Sundays my dad would kill one of our . . .
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May 30, 2007 12:15 AM EDT --
I grew up on a farm and wanted to share a few things that happened during those years. One time my car slid into the ditch, but there was nobody home to help me get it out. I called the neighbor, . . .
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May 28, 2007 05:27 PM EDT --
Inspired by Michelle C's post, here are 10 of my childhood memories. Some are happy, some are sad, some are just plain odd! Sit back and enjoy the ride with me.
My parents divorced . . .
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February 22, 2008 10:35 AM EST --
I was 15 years old the Christmas my father left. Although I had suspicions as to why my mother was not home a lot back then, that's pretty much all they were. It was a teen's way to rationalize . . .
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June 07, 2007 11:02 PM EDT --
I debated with myself as to whether to write this or not. Being sentimental about my dad has never been an easy thing for me to do. Before he passed away ten years ago, I would stand by . . .
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November 26, 2008 10:39 PM EST --
Maybe you were stuck in an airport. Maybe someone inadvertantly invited your ex with the kind thought of giving you the chance to rekindle that young love. Maybe your sweetpotato casserole had a bad ingredient . . .
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February 22, 2008 10:12 PM EST --
I remember Barnyard Bill taking me somewhere that April.
That was my new name for him. I was a little snotty brat back then and took every opportunity I could to remind him just how not right for my . . .
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February 23, 2008 08:34 PM EST --
So off to Pennsburg, Pennsylvania I went.
Boarding school was actually good for me. It allowed me to separate myself from my mother and the angst. I even pick up some decent study skills in the process. . . .
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March 20, 2007 09:43 AM EDT --
The sky over the delta was metallic in the heat. I knew that a few miles away the cotton was growing and that a few miles beyond that a river was flowing. I knew that between them . . .
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September 17, 2007 05:08 PM EDT --
It has been a long time, but I have finally gotten back into my scrapbooking!
My daughter & I have loved to scrapbook, but with the moving we have been doing we have kind of pushed it aside for the . . .
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May 29, 2007 08:12 PM EDT --
I have been tagged (thank you, Ms Lynn) in the current round, which requires an article about childhood memories. I think I'm supposed to write ten, but I don't know if I can come up with that . . .
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June 05, 2007 06:18 PM EDT --
Today is my tenth birthday. Dad told me a little while ago that he has a surprise for me, told me to get dressed, that we're going out. "Just you and me," he said. I begged him to tell me . . .
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August 10, 2007 08:55 PM EDT --
I came across this picture of myself that was taken in 1966. I can't recall much about that time. What the heck was up with the green striped shirt? I don't remember being "9". . . .
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November 14, 2007 08:22 PM EST --
My cousin Debby and I had missed the school bus and because we didn't have a way to school it was decided that we could walk together. Afterall, we didn't live far from the school.
We . . .
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March 18, 2007 02:21 PM EDT --
Yesterday I tackled a project that I have been putting off for quite some time. I took the bunk beds down in the bedroom which also is home to my computer and my "office". I've . . .
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February 11, 2007 03:26 PM EST --
I happen to be victim of this ailment at the curent time and it got me to thinking about how remedies have changed over the years.
When I was a child and had a cold, my mother would . . .
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February 24, 2008 11:20 AM EST --
This is where a lot of detail becomes fuzzy.
Having a car allowed me the luxury of escape. And during that escape I remember smoking weed, using a fake ID to frequent the bar scene, paying the street . . .
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March 19, 2007 05:22 PM EDT --
Today I wish to honor the memory of my mother, Harriet Alice Goldman, who had she remained alive this lifetime until today, would have celebrated her 87th birthday. Although not herself a believer . . .
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May 22, 2007 11:06 PM EDT --
Have you ever stopped to think about how much your family means to you? Do you have family members who mean so much more to you than they probably realize? I have stopped many times over the . . .
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May 26, 2007 09:35 PM EDT --
I have seen others post similar articles, and enjoyed them so much. It is such a positive topic, and nice to reflect on the positive things in our lives for a change. Here are . . .
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