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SacValley Wilton, CA(Zone 9b) Apr 02, 2009

the Aliens are coming, they're going to wipe out all but one memory..which one do you keep?
Mine; Easter picnic (1980's) with nearly my whole family; mom, dad, husband, boys, gmother, extended family. Missing were my brothers and sister; but seemed to be there in spirit.

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Apr 02, 2009

My husband kiss.

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SacValley Wilton, CA(Zone 9b) Apr 02, 2009

oh soo sweet!

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lourspolaire Delray Beach, FL(Zone 10a) Apr 02, 2009

It's funny how at 53 years old, ONE memory comes to the surface. Here goes:

It's mid-afternoon on a beautiful summer day. It's sweltering hot and a gentle breeze is blowing, almost imperceptible. I'm sitting with my grandmother in the shade on the front lawn's swing . Everything is absolutely calm. I am 4 or 5 years old. She made us a rootbeer float in one of the tall footed glasses she keeps for company. There are 2 straws in the glass. While hardly swinging at all, we are looking at the sunlight shining on the Châteauguay river's rippling surface and creating thousands of gold and diamond-like reflections. She told me heaven must look something like that all the time. It was a magical moment.

She passed on 10 years later and I do hope that heaven looks like that: pure contentment.

Take care, all.
Sylvain.

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pastime Waterman, IL(Zone 5a) Apr 02, 2009

The day my daughter was born. Her eyes were wide open as she surveyed the delivery room. The doctor said she was beautiful.

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AngelSong Victoria, TX(Zone 9b) Apr 02, 2009

Waking up from surgery in '91,

and realizing it was all okay

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missingrosie Hillsborough, NC(Zone 7b) Apr 06, 2009

In my house nobody drank a bottle for long and so I think I must have been quite young.

I'm in my crib. It isn't pitch dark because I can see my bottle. The milk is not cold but it isn't warm either. The door opens and something soft hits me with a thud. That is all I remember - the next morning there is a stuffed orange and black cat in the crib with me. I loved that stuffed cat. That is the earliest memory I have, and I do not have other memories from that period at all. I think after that I zoom up to maybe 10 or 11 in the memory dept.

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lourspolaire Delray Beach, FL(Zone 10a) Apr 07, 2009

Now, that's a great subject for another equally interesting thread, missingrosie: your earliest memory for each of your senses: smell, sight, touch, taste and hearing. Is anyone game to start the thread?

Sylvain.

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missingrosie Hillsborough, NC(Zone 7b) Apr 07, 2009

Sounds good - I'll recycle mine.

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