20 Most Memorable Childhood Memories

I have been thinking about this childhood memory thing Susan started, It took me a while but I finally sat down and did it. At first I thought I can't do this because my memory isn't like it use to be. But as I got started the memories started flowing doing this made me smile, and cry at the same time.

1. I remember when my brother William and I just could not wait for Fridays to get here so we could sleep in the living room and stay up all night and play rummy, I would beat him every time of course.

2. Actually this one is an adult memory that I will cherish for the rest of my life. Even though at the time I could not believe I was doing it (Bevill Pagaent). I remember my mom coming up to me afterwards and had the biggest smile on her face and she looked at me and said "I knew you had it" I just laughed because a mom no matter what thinks their child in my case adult is BEAUTIFUL! Her smile will forever be inbedded in my heart it was priceless.

3. When my brother and I would make my dad mad he would send us to our room and we knew what was coming we would be so upset that when he opened the door with his belt in his hand both of us would just start running around and around screaming and hollering and he would just stand there until we stopped and then we would get the ABUSIVE spanking. lol.

4. One crazy childhood memory is this ( I know you will all think I am crazy, but it is ok). When we lived in Mulga my brother and I would wake up screaming and hollering everynight because we would see things. One night we both woke up and to our amazement we saw monkeys all of the room not only did I see this my brother did to. haha. My mom and dad would run into the room and turn on the light and nothing would be there. Another night we both woke up to our amazement seeing Indians on the back of our headboard with guns that sent us to a screaming halt again mom and dad came in and saved the world for us. The only night we didn't see anything was Christmas Eve, and this is because we had a silver Christmas Tree and we had one of those color lamps that turned on and it stayed on all night so see I know you all think this is nuts and in a way I do to now but not at the time. ha.

5. When I was young my name was Wilma Dean after my grandmother, I was called Wimpy for years at least till I was 6. When my mom and dad went to register me for school somehow there was confusion mom wanted to call me Mary and dad Wilma and they had put Mary on the certificate and that is when they realized they had been calling me by the wrong name, I am glad because I can't stand the thought of going through roll call at school by Wilma. That would have been torture.

6. I remember not EVER having a birthday party. Don't get me wrong I did not feel deprived because I did get something more extreme than a present. When I would wake up mom and dad would be sitting at the kitchen table drinking their Coffee and the first thing out of their mouth would be Happy Birthday I Love You! and that was all I needed. When I got married I had to get use to having birthday parties. After I was married mom and dad would bring me an angel for my birthday, I have a nice assortment of them now and I would not take anything for them. The thing I miss the most is my mom's sweet smile and my dad's also.

7. When my brother and I would fuss/fight my dad would tell us to go sit on the couch and make us put our arm around each other. He would say if you even look at each other crooked 5 more minutes would be added to our time and of course we had minutes added. We both just knew my dad must have called people over when we had to do this because so many people would come in and out and we would be so embarassed.

8.My first car was this huge Gray Big something. But my parents bought it for me and it couldn't have cost to much. I was proud of it until I had a wreck and never drove it again.

9. I loved going to the grocery store with my mom on Fridays. I would always get a little something.

10. I got a nice Easter dress one time and while we were at church I had gum in my mouth and I started playing with it and I had gun in my hair, all of the bench and all over my dress I did not get to wear that dress again.I couldn't have gum anymore.

11. A fond Childhood memory is watching All My Children with my mom and when Laura died for the 3rd time we both was crying like little babies and we would always say we're not watching this anymore which meant until tomorrow.

12. I loved eating Fried Potatoe sandwiches with my mom and cream potatoes sandwiches with her also.

13. My sister Pam got mad at me one night and left the room and was very quiet and I knew something was up but what happened next was unexpected she came up behind me as I was sitting in my chair and she hit me in the head hard with a High Heel Shoe and I seen stars for a while, but that was ok because I got her back later I was brushing her long pretty blonde hair and got the brush all wound up to her scalp and mom had to work for hours to get that brush out. Go Me.

14. Pam was getting ready to go to the prom and as we were all standing in her room the floor fell in it fell off of the blocks it was sitting on. We thought an earthquake had came through.

15. William and I had to go to Food Center in Wylam on a bike and yes we were both on the bike I rode on the handlebars and he was on the seat. We made it there fine but on the way home was a different story. As we were coming down the hill almost home most people would ride on the sidewalk but no we were on the side of the road William was taking directions from me on the handlebars and I directions were alittle off we hit a car and I was knocked off and laying on the road and William was standing there saying "Get Up" "Get UP" and i am saying no I can't and what comes along but a Policeman I had to ride home with the policeman and William was told to take that bike right home. Well, my dad was mad at me because he said I cost him 35 dollars to fix a little scratch on that womans car.

16. When we lived in Mulga we had a swing set that wasn't cemented in and mom said do not go high but no I didn't listen I went real high and the swing fell over leaving William with a real deep cut in his head the dr. said if it would have been 1/2 inch deeper it would have killed him, I got out without a scratch yea me.

17. I remember that we always sat at the table and ate every meal. We even put the cooked food in bowls and put them on the table not like me I leave the cooked food on the table and we fix our plate at the stove and then sit whereever.

18. My mom and I went on a diet and the diet consists of a 1/2 cup of everything we fixed and the funny thing is we would fix a lot of veg. and when we sat down to eat our plate was loaded girls it is the best diet to go on needless to say we didn't loose any weight.

19. At Halloween we would stay out real late and go trick or treating to people's houses we didn't even know we would get garbage bags full of candy we could eat on it for years. ahas.

20. On one Sat I pushed a lawn mower down Wylam to see if this lady would let me cut her grass so I could buy my mom something for Mother's day present and this lady let me cut her grass and paid me 5 dollars and I went to the florist in Wylam and bought my mom a single red rose and it put a smile on her face it was all worth it.