February 22, 2010
Memories From My Childhood
Memories from my childhood
- Skipping to school in new, red leather shoes on a warm spring morning – the soles make most pleasant sounds against the sidewalk.
- Sledding in winter from the hill above our house; hands frozen; running into the house and holding my hands over a warm, wood burning stove; unbelievable pain; crying.
- No eclectic power in our house on blackout evenings; lighted candles; stories; magical shadows on the walls.
- Pressed blue school uniform; new crochet lace collar my mother made; fist fight with my best friend; torn lace collar; face dirty from dust and tears.
- Two dolls; one old and beat up, with a hole cut in her mouth; the other new and untouched; both named Rose.
- Climbing the cherry tree in our yard with my sister; picking big, red, sweet cherries; eating some; ornamenting ourselves by making earrings, necklaces, crowns with others.
- Running very fast down the hill on a warm spring evening; two older cousins holding my hands; flying.
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