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In reply to the discussion: What is your best memory of childhood? [View all]Walk away
(9,494 posts)22. Off in the woods with my dog King just being one with nature.
From the time I was little I was allowed to hike acres of forest along deer trails. My dog and I would follow the stream to the marsh and search for Lady Slippers and lizards. Back before bottled water we would drink right from the quartz rock source of the spring on a hill that was covered with wild blueberries. Dragon flies, mud puppies and four leaf clovers. Incredible.
Just being alive and sharing it with my best friend.
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When I was four my friend Greg and I liked to stand in the garage with the lights off
LaurenG
May 2012
#2
The time I thought it would be a good idea to stick two keys in an electrical socket
Major Nikon
May 2012
#4
I grew up in Jackson Michigan near Cascade Hill (home of the highest manmade waterfall in America).
MiddleFingerMom
May 2012
#6
I have a 40-something housemate whom I wished STILL went outside to use the bathroom.
MiddleFingerMom
May 2012
#27
Every year, my family, my parents' freinds & their families went on vacation together.
baldguy
May 2012
#11
Learning how to swim without armbands at the exact same time as my twin brother. My dad
applegrove
May 2012
#14
Mine would have to be at about 5 years old, laying in the warm straw with the new calves.
polly7
May 2012
#20
Sitting on my Daddy's lap on Sunday mornings, while he read the Sunday comics to me.
LNM
May 2012
#26
Running through the pasture, barefoot, to find my calf to lie down with him.
sinkingfeeling
May 2012
#44