our childhood.. it was like this for me, how about you?
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I remember those days and God Bless them. Back then there was no fear of seriel killer or child molester because whether we new it or not the neighborhood watched out for us. When I was a child my parents busted my butt when I did wrong and I am a better person for it. God help this generation where the state and local governments have stepped in a taken the right to discipline away from parents, yet they act baffled when one of those young people do things that those of my generation would have never considered. Life was good back then, I wish we could have those days back.
407268
I still feel that sometimes, and my grandfather died 20 years ago.  If you had a strong bond, it's normal.  Either that or we both are crazy.
1177088
my favorite childhood memory\n well not just one but many i have and they all revolved around my grandfather.\n he always had an ear to hear my thoughts and always had a smile.\nhe is my greatest childhood memory!
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i know EXACTLY what your talking about. for every year i was in middle school and jr high (like 4 years) i lived in a different town and once 2 towns in like 1 school year. my dad got married and kept seperating and getting back together with my step mom and every time he did we moved. it was so hard, but the one thing i gained from it was i learned that now i cand handle any change like that that comes my way because i have already gotten through it. i just moved again to go to college this year, and it was easier because i have learned how to put myself out there and meet new people. plus i have all these experiences with different people and places that other people my age dont have. if it makes you feel any better i shed my share of tears too, and im not a cryer. it is normal to feel that way. good luck. email me if you need anything.
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The few I have met (when I was in high school) were just lonely. Sure they had a house bigger than mine, drove nicer cars, and had better clothes. But I had a mom who was there for me at the drop of a hat and they didn't.Their parents were doctors and lawyers and had to work all the time. So when I look back, sure my life probably would have been a hell of a lot easier, but I wouldn't have had the closeness of my parents.
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Every moment of every day.  My family is made up of people who barely, if at all, finished high school while I am a college graduate.  My family is hands-on type people.. working with their hands, having a very basic knowledge of life.. while I am the creative one.. an author.. total opposite ends of the spectrum.  My family are wonderful, loving and caring people.. without a clue about the more creative side of things.. museums, plays, classical music, etc etc..  while those are some of my very favorite things.  I felt, for a very very long time, that my family were the ones with the knowledge of the real world while I dealt in fantasy and fiction and the grander things.  I have, finally.. and thankfully.. come to realise that all of us are unique and wonderful in our own ways.  We each contribute something glorious to this existence..  but I still feel a wee bit out of place when with my family.
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I have a huge blog what it's like to be overweight.  There are some things from my childhood.  Not everything is tagged so you'll have to search or just read.
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I was about 1-1/2 or 2...I am standing in my crib in the corner of my parents' room, holding on to the railing and bouncing up and down.\nI verified the age with my parents.  It is one of the most vivid memories I have as a child.
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The first time they laid my newborn son in my arms. EVERY priority in my world changed! If I was not an adult then, I had better become one real quick, because I had to meet every need he had in this world. I did, he grew up, and now has kids of his own.
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I love the memories I have from childhood in the 1960's, when things were so much simpler.  Now I must say I am not a big fan.  I try and recreate the magic for my daughter but we are living in a much different time and commercialism has just taken over and turned it into such a materialistic pursuit. It's more about who gets their lights up first, whose house is decorated prettier, who finishes shopping the soonest, who got the best deals and the most awesome gifts.  Somewhere in there we pay lip service to peace on earth goodwill to all but it's buried underneath all the trappings of commercialism.
531571
I did a bit when I was younger, then I grew up.
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I actually remember my nursey from before I was one. My parents knew they were moving and never really did my nursery in the old house. So, one day recently, I described it to my mom and her jaw dropped. I remembered details throughout the room from the visual perspective of me, as a baby, in the crib. I remember that my crib was in between two windows and there was a mobile above me and the room was wood paneled (70's). I can remember where the door was and the light sources. Pretty freaky, huh?
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Mixed....  Just the way Dad did it when I was a kid.
277897
Most of the bad things that have happened to me have happened in my childhood.  Being abused by my mom's boyfriend when I was 12, being sent to foster homes, her marrying him after she was told about it, not meeting by biological father until I was 13.  Since I've become an adult my middle child was diagnosed with a rare liver cancer at two weeks old.  She was given 8 rounds of chemotherapy and had 80% of her liver removed when she was 7 months old.  I was on stand-by as a donor because they weren't sure they'd get it all.  Although in the darkest hours it's hard to think God was really there, but He was and I'm stronger for it.  My daughter is a thriving "terrible" healthy 2 year old and I have a 8 month old son and a 5 year old son who are healthy too.  It's easy to lose perspective and be negative, but good things are just around the bend.
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maybe in your former life..\ncuz it happens to me too
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don't worry about that's just that you have your differneces in life than when you were little now it's like hell trust me been through that!!!
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I have gained & lost many things in life. Somehow, I still have a diary I kept in shorthand from when I was 15 & 16... so I have managed to keep that for about 30 years & it's interesting. Talk about keeping it real, remembering how I saw life as a teenager is definitely that. (I've heard a lot of teenagers complain people my age can't possibly remember how it was to be 15)