best childhood memories

 


 

earliest, good, childhood memories


My grandfather holding my hand and

telling me the names of flowers  4yo 

the lady next door tied a small bag of candy to our front gate, with a

little note, wishing me good luck on my first day of school- 5yo

enjoying climbing trees in pakistan - 7yo

going to the park and speaking with the beggars - 4yo

when i learnt to write my name - 4yo

listening to classical music and looking at a painting with my

father while he told us a story - 5yo

my grandmother showing me how to sew - 5yo


my grandmother called me “little sunshine” - 3yo

girls in our new town wanted to play with me - 4yo

the smell of tomato sauce from a local house - 5yo

just sitting in a tunnel eating dirt with my first boyfriend - 5yo

riding on the back of an alsatian, like a horse - 3yo

climbing and feeling connected to a peach tree - 3yo

helping my father on the milk round, by collecting the money and

him saying “you good little girl” - 3yo

grandfather giving me a ride in a wheel barrow - 5yo

on my parents porch, feeling connected to god - 5yo

the quotes below, point to what's really important to children, it's not the latest xyz-box, or a trip to dizzyland, in most cases it's someone taking the time to make them feel special and that they matter.  the way we feel is the foundation of happiness.