*For the record that’s me WAY over on the left.
The mind is a crazy place some times.
It plays tricks on you.
The things you remember versus the things you don’t.
Like I remember those shirts.
I only vaguely remember that fence.
And the names of our friends at the magical land we called the cottage (Where this was taken, near our cottage in Canada)? I remember only one, because I’m friends with her on facebook, and she’s the one that took this picture.
Yet I cling to that place.
To the neighbor that kept pepperoni sticks in her fridge (snack sized that we swiped all the time), and games in the loft of her cottage. We’d sled down the hill of her cottage in winter, and roll down ours with our giant innertube in the summer.
The boat lifts that littered the water.
The day my aunt shoved my head underwater and made it so I was no longer afraid to swim under the water.
Hours out on our boat.
Playing Star Wars with our friends.
Croquet on the lawn.
Watching Sesame Street in French.
Hovering under blankets and umbrellas while dad and my uncle set off fireworks in a rainstorm.
I remember great joy.
Times of laughter.
Times of youth.
Youth that passed by too fast.
The memories have holes.
But the spirit of joy does not.
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Aren’t good memories such a beautiful thing?
My mom just mailed me a huge box of photos from my childhood to share with my daughter. We sat on the floor for a couple of hours and it was so cool re-living those moments.
Childhood for many of us was a time of innocence, fun, adventure, friends, family and special moments. Even fifty some years later I can remember the fun of a game of lawn croquet (until my sister threw a victory ball in the air and it landed smack on my head!), watching family fireworks shows, swimming at the lake, toasting marshmallows in the fire… writing the words brings back sweet pictures and memories and makes me want to go home, if only we could go back! 🙂 This was a great post. Where would we be without good memories to savor again and again?