My Favorite Childhood Memory is.....

Or your last day ended early because you were leaving to go on a family vacation

Hiking down to Slide Creek in the Rocky Mountains of Montana with my dad, carrying my fly rod and creel, then catching my limit of cutthroat trout. We wouldn't get back to the cabin until almost dark, and Mom would have a huckleberry pie cooling on the kitchen table. Sweet memories!

Playing dressup with my cat and put him in a baby carriage,

Tippy didn't care,

Getting a free newspaper cause their were extras,

now they just throw them out

Watching the airplanes coming in from war and leaving again

enjoyed more the coming home of my Father.

As a white child I lived in a world that was free from constraints, free from so many of the fears that children of color experienced. I savor those moments and years, yet deeply feel that my 'simple life' was not universal nor 'worry free' for most American children nor the world.

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I like a particular model of shoe that is no longer in production so for the past 10 years, I had been buying them "used" on eBay. They are often actually new in the box or had only been worn once or twice, but when I told my parents I bought my shoes used on eBay, they both recoiled in shock and disgust. They gave me this look like "What kind of daughter have we raised who wears shoes that have been on other people's feet?!" It struck me as funny because it's the only time in my life I have managed to shock and disappoint my parents.

My Grandpa built me a playhouse, He built garage doors for a living.

Leaving the doors unlocked to go to the store.

How the house smelled when my mom was baking or making candy.

Making old family recipes

Turkey on Thankgiving Grandpa made for the whole family

Getting my first badge in brownie

Hunting for Easter eggs while I lived on Air force base.

Ladies would get them ready for the kids, My Dad was

in Viet Nam

Being the Top Cookie Seller in Brownies one yer for my troop.