I am trying to collect ...first childhood memories and would love if you would share one with me.
If you do please add your first name and age and the place (town, country)where that moment took place.
Have you ever thought about your childhood memories, in fact, your first childhood memory?
I have been thinking about memories a lot these days. Could it be because I am 58 and the days keep passing by faster and faster? Is it because I know that I am closer to my final days than I have ever been before? Is it that I have lived away from my childhood hometown and country for over 30 years now? Or is it that I have been diagnosed with breast cancer three times in the last 10 years and my mortality has stared me in the face more than once?
I an not sure and I am not one to try to analyze such things. But I did get to wondering a few months ago about all the moments in time that have never been shared with others and so will be lost forever once we die. I began writing in journals shortly after my first cancer diagnosis and have continued to do so ever since. These journals have been one way of documenting moments in my life. One day maybe they will be found and read by my daughter once I am long gone and I hope she will read those pages and be able to hear my voice.
My next writing project has to do with childhood memories. I am collecting from friends, family and others....some of their memories...their first childhood memories to be exact. The long term plan is to collect and document them all together in some form of book. My intention is to be able to take those moments in time and document them so they will not be lost.
I am still looking for more first childhood memories. They can be short or long, sad or happy, but they must be YOUR memory. Just take 5 minutes right now and type the first one that comes to mind. You will find it amazing how the memories come flooding back.
