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Deb

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5. Laying next to our basset hound and substituting his ear for my blanket while sucking my thumb.

Reply to AmyStrange (Original post)

Mon Dec 14, 2020, 08:03 AM

Dec 2020

It was like velvet on my face and I still stick my nose on a hound's ear if given a chance. Maybe I was 2?

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What's the first thing you remember as a kid? [View all] AmyStrange Dec 2020 OP

Breaking free (as a toddler) from my frantic Mom to go hug a dog. hlthe2b Dec 2020 #1

A vague memory of what must have been my sister's 2nd bday (she's a little over a year older than me Roland99 Dec 2020 #2

My dad coming home snowybirdie Dec 2020 #3

What a great memory! MaryMagdaline Dec 2020 #15

That's a beautiful memory. BelleCarolinaPeridot Dec 2020 #24

Walking alone to the corner grocery. I was 2 or 3. Croney Dec 2020 #4

Laying next to our basset hound and substituting his ear for my blanket while sucking my thumb. Deb Dec 2020 #5

Going ice-skating and horseback riding when I was 3. flor-de-jasmim Dec 2020 #6

being in my bedroom on a warmish evening ... nebby70 Dec 2020 #7

Dancing in the streets when WWII was over. steventh Dec 2020 #8

My grandfather's wake Cartoonist Dec 2020 #9

New puppies Yonnie3 Dec 2020 #10

Hanging upside down by my ankles at the top of the stairs Alpeduez21 Dec 2020 #11

Good Lord! Glad you are still with us MaryMagdaline Dec 2020 #16

my paternal grandmother's funeral peasant one Dec 2020 #12

honeybees... handmade34 Dec 2020 #13

you went to bed just as i got up! Is it raining? My first memory same as yours.... samnsara Dec 2020 #14

I have several and I don't know which was first Rhiannon12866 Dec 2020 #17

My mom always took me to the voting booth and I got to pull the curtain lever.. Laffy Kat Dec 2020 #30

Sitting with my grandma's dog and sharing her bowl procon Dec 2020 #18

My father was a photographer. I was in the darkroom Walleye Dec 2020 #19

standing by a crib Marthe48 Dec 2020 #20

When I was 2-3 years old we moved from an apartment in the city doc03 Dec 2020 #21

Watching the moon landing on TV Mad_Dem_X Dec 2020 #22

... Harker Dec 2020 #23

WOW!! Thank you everyone for sharing... AmyStrange Dec 2020 #25

Hurricane Carla 1961 TexasBushwhacker Dec 2020 #26

Couple of things gratuitous Dec 2020 #27

Sitting at the counter of a diner with my mom, and having oyster crackers to float on my soup. milestogo Dec 2020 #28

Cradled in my mother's arms taking a bottle. Laffy Kat Dec 2020 #29

I was around 10 months old frogmarch Dec 2020 #31

That is traumatizing, especially at ten months old, but... AmyStrange Dec 2020 #33

I remember thinking it at the time, and frogmarch Dec 2020 #34

Two things at about 18 months. I don't know which came first, but... LAS14 Dec 2020 #32