I thought I'd share my three most vivid childhood memories today, and maybe some of you will leave a comment and share at least one of yours. I'd love to hear them. :)
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| Stone Soup |
1. My 1st grade teacher was an older lady with shocking short white hair. She was thin, and always had a smile for me . . . and that smile was always painted with bright lipstick. One day she brought a HUGE pot to school, and put in in our classroom. She also brought a large, clean rock. That day our class made a delicious pot of Stone Soup. We ate that soup, and I have never forgotten it. What a difference one teacher can make!
2. When I was in the 3rd or 4th grade my cousin and I were playing outside when a bird flew overhead and pooped on her. I started laughing because I thought it was funny, and she got mad. She got so mad that she blurted out that my dad wasn't really my dad. I asked my mom about it, and that's how I ended up going to a judge and being adopted.
3. When I was a little girl we had two Teddybear Hampsters. The female had 8 or 10 babies one winter. I can't remember exactly how many, but I sure do remember how tiny they were. Well, it was cold and we had one of those old-time register heaters for warming up the house. Mom set the hampster cage on top of that heater one night before we went to bed, and covered it with a towel. The next morning those hampsters were all dead. The metal cage got hot from sitting on that register, and they had "cooked" during the night. I remember we buried two large matchboxes with the "mom and daddy," and the rest were tiny match boxes for the babies. My mom has always been an animal lover, and I know she just felt terrible about what happened. What a sad, but vivid memory. :(
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