I remember being in the womb and thinking "bloody hell, this place is getting smaller and smaller....." So I escaped.
I remember my bio-father arriving at my parents' place to pick me up for his visitation rights and refusing to go. I hid behind my dad's legs. I didn't know the guy. He had recently been released from active duty in the Army, but I hadn't seen him much for the first four years of my life. This was round about 1979. ~String
I don’t know if it was for real but I think I actually remember the day I was born, I really don’t fully understand if the human brain is developed enough to retain memories right after birth? But none the less I do remember seeing the masked face of the doctor who delivered me when I was born and I remember that this was a woman. I remember being held up by her and being placed into a transparent crib. Then the nurse put an eyedropper to my eyes and I remember seeing the circular tube of the dropper put fluid into my eyes. My next memories are not until I’m 2 years old but still remarkably young to remember these things which are confirmed by my parents.
being stung by a bee when i was about 2 . i remember running through my grandparents poppy fields crying like a banchi. my grandad finally found me... later i found out he was out in the fields with his shot gun trying to shoot away the teengagers who were gathering up his poppies.
playing outside in my aunt's yard. cement steps leading up to her kitchen. cute little spaniel dog with us. my older cousins around. maybe 2 years old, from pictures of that era.
Well, I guess my earliest memory was my 2nd b-day party. I remember what the 2 candles looked like,they had little clown faces on the bottom. I remember " finger painting " on my grandparents dining room wall with chocolate icecream. And I remember their poodle puking after eating said chocolate icecream. Was great being a kid..Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
getting in trouble for peeing in the yard. I don't remember peeing, but I remember the scolding. It was because I did it in front of the neighbour boy Peter (whom I also don't remember). We were both 3.
I remember a few, but I' not sure which ones came first. I think the earliest might be the day of my great uncle Clays funeral. I was sad because my Mom wouldn't let me go with to the funeral. I remember that I was frustrated because everyone was saying I was sad that Uncle Clay died, but that wasn't it. I was sad because I didn't know what a funeral was and I wanted to see one. I was 4 when he died. The next is when I was very young and we had a camper that we would go camping in in the summer. One day my siblings and I were outside playing with the neighbors and my brother picked me up and had me pee in the water reservoir. My dad was pissed! I'm not sure how old I was, but I'd guess it was around the same time as the above. The next is my first very clear memory. I was 7 years old. Me and my siblings and one of my brothers friends were all having a slumber party. Watching movies and eating popcorn and drinking green cool-aid. My uncle called and my parents said they had to go to my grandmas house (My Dad's mother). I know it was late but I didn't think anything of it. A few hours later there was a knock on the door, and we were all startled that someone would be knocking so late. It was my parents, I still don't know why they knocked. When they walked in, The first thing my dad said was that Grandma had died. I have a lot of strange and vivid memories surrounding her funeral. It's still strange to revisit those memories. Prior to that, I didn't understand what death was. Not even when I saw her body in the casket. But when they lowered her into the ground, then it hit me, and I remember trying really hard not to cry. Then everyone started singing Amazing Grace. My uncle rushed through the crowd to grab a rose of the casket as it was being lowered. "I need to get one for Char (My mother)". I don't remember anything after that.
Imagine how disoriented you were having those first rays of light shine upon your retinas. You probably were not going to notice a face mask... I think the memory has been staged!