Childhood Memories, Childhood Home – Sunday June 3

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  Childhood Home Our family moved quite a bit; but, the place I associate as my childhood home was the house I lived in from ages five through nine.   10 Memories about My Childhood Home:   A recent photo of the house I grew up in. 1. My childhood home was located in Portland, Oregon. 2. It was located …

Childhood Memories, Scars – Sunday May 27

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  Childhood Scars. Do you remember how you got them?   1. Two scars under my chin. I remember getting one of them (bicycle accident.) The other, I was told, came from a fall down the stairs when I was a toddler. 2. Right knee – I put my knee on my sister's glass mouse cage. It broke. 3. Left …

Childhood Memories, Best Friends – Sunday May 20

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  Childhood Friends I met my best childhood friend in first grade. 1. Her name was Linda. 2. I never forgot her middle name because it was the same as my favorite aunt's name, Jane. 3. She's a twin. 4. Her mother often dressed her and her twin in matching outfits. One would wear a red version and the other …

It’s My Life – Favorite Fiction – Tuesday May 15

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 My favorite fictitious couple is… Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett. I can relate to their story.  image source: www.fanpop.com 1. Elizabeth had a big "crazy" family (not so different from my own.) 2. Elizabeth didn't have a good first impression of Mr. Darcy. (He made a lot of girls swoon with his southern accent; but, I was not exactly excited …

Childhood Memories, Mother – Sunday May 13

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  A family photo – My mom – pregnant with me, my Dad, my three older siblings, and my grandmother.    My mom was one of those wonderful mothers. 10 Childhood Memories of my Mother: 1. She seemed to always be in the middle of sewing clothes, quilts, curtains, etc. 2. She baked bread and made wonderful cinnamon rolls. 3. …

Childhood Memories, Kindergarten – Sunday May 6

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  Childhood Memories: When I was in Kindergarten… 1. I attended a private kindergarten (at the same place I went to pre-school) because my mother worked. The public school only offered a half day program. 2. We had to take naps every day. (They spanked children who made noise during nap time.) 3. I loved the time on the play …

Begin with…A Memory Exercise – Friday May 4

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I have friends who I can easily chat with on the phone for hours. We start talking and the conversation just continues to flow from one subject to another. Memories can be a lot like conversations they can begin in one place an end in a completely different place. Try it out: Begin with… a circular object … like the …