What would you keep from your childhood?

[GURUving]

that you don't seem to have anymore?

I want Mr. Rogers.

I don't care what anybody says, he was a good guy with a way to teach not only the young, but the not so young.

I would keep the memory of my twin sister looking at me at the round table in first grade for help, and I did everything I could for the next nine years to help her until she had to drop out. She was on one end of the spectrum, and I was on the other end.

I still do what I can.

What is a great childhood memory that you have?

[mermaid]

1. I Want

A DEMOCRAT IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!

I grew up with Jimmy Carter as President. He is the first President I remember...although Nixon was Pres when I was born...

[everythingsxen]

2. Happiness.

When I was a really young child I remember being happy all the time.

I'd like to be happy again. Life it seems feels differently.

[gate of the sun]

8. hey that was a great answer

wouldn't we all love to save that childhood happiness.....just being a child you had happiness.....children are happy.

[E_Zapata]

3. I want GABBY and SEMCA

Gabby was our first dog - a toy poodle

And Semca was a shepherd.

I love them.............

[GURUving]

5. My Pepper ate a ping pong ball

and ran away to another dimension.

I still try with the critters.

[E_Zapata]

14. Poor Pepper!!!!

Our gabby ran away from our cabin in Colorado. She was just plain GONE!

At the end of the summer......we found her 50 miles away in another town, with shotgun wounds......and she was with us for another number of years.

She ran away because a family came to visit us and they had this big white fluffy dog, and my siblings and I gave all our attention to the visiting dog. Gabby's feelings were really hurt and she took off into the night......

We never ever ignored her again!

People say dogs don't have souls and emotions?!!!

[bratcatinok]

4. I would keep

my Mom. It's been 32 years since she died and I still miss her.

[tedoll78]

6. You can mock me all you want..

but I really, really loved living with my parents.

I went away to college when I was 17, and since then, I've seen them an average of four times a year. They're in New Orleans, and I'm in Austin. There was one exception.. in Summer of 1999, I got cancer and went home for medical care. I lived with them all summer long, and despite two very nasty, painful surgeries, it was still a great summer. It helped me realize how much I miss them

Once I'm done with school, I'm moving back. And if they want to, they're more than welcome to move in with me when they retire. Life is too short for this.

[GURUving]

7. who would mock that?

I wish you only the best of love and family closeness.

again.

[tedoll78]

10. I was probably being too defensive, lol...

People in my age group (I'm 25) tend to mock those who live at home with their parents. (at least it seems that way)

[gardenista]

11. That's wonderful

You're blessed. And so are your parents.

[mermaid]

19. I Hear You

I, too, am in Austin. My mom is in Pennsylvania. Since my dad's death, we have become very close, and I miss her lots. We play backgammon on the Internet almost every weekend (our way of being together) and when she retires (in about 8 - 10 years) she plans on retiring to Hot Springs, Ark. At that point, I'm considering a move to Little Rock, so I can be closer to her.

I'd love to be closer sooner, but moving's a grand royal bitch, and if I were to go back to Pennsylvania, I'd just have to move again. I have already moved cross-country five times, and that's enough. I'm here in Austin till my mom comes to Arkansas. Then we will see where things go from there.

I miss my mom bunches...I know how you feel...

[onebigbadwulf]

9. My nintendo!

And my collection of 20 classic games that I had... (sigh)

[mermaid]

20. I Have A Nintendo

I also have a Game Genie, so I don't use the Nintendo.

You can get controllers at electronic shops, and lots of stores carry old Nintendo games...plus I have some I don't play at all any more.

If you are really interested, drop me a Personal Message, and we can discuss possibly hooking you up with a Nintendo.

[VOX]

12. Trust, Innocence, Optimism...

As a kid, I believed that the good guys eventually win, that telling the truth is the best thing, that helping those in need was good, that negotiation was better than conflict, and that those in a position of leadership could be trusted to act fairly.

As an adult, I see the worst in our society holding power, that those in need are not tolerated, that striking first and harder is considered the best strategy, and that our leaders act out of greed and bigotry.

All the values I was taught as a kid have been stood on end. The world is insane.

[CandyCrim21]

16. Yep

I second that. "Faith is like a glass of water, when your little the glass is little so its easy to fill"...........but lets face it guys, as you get older, we all get to see whats really going on. It really isn't pretty. Oh yeah, that quote is from Dogma, don't know if its word for word, but close enough.

[mermaid]

21. The quote from Dogma

Was very good. It hit home for me!
And you're pretty close on it...but I like what followed that quote...

"Periodically, the glass needs to be refilled."

"Are you suggesting I need to get filled?"

"In more ways than one...you need a man, Bethany Sloane, even if for only ten minutes."

"It's my experience that the average male is never a man, not even for ten minutes, iin his entire lifetime."

"That sounds a bit militant...thinking about joining the other side?"

"Couldn't do it...Women are insane."

"Then you need to go back to church and ask God for a third option."

"I think God is dead."

"The sign of a true Catholic."

[gardenista]

13. The belief that we were constantly followed by the same two

pill bugs, aka rolly pollies, aka potato bugs.

We called 'em potato bugs. My brother and I thought that two potato bugs, Jimmy and Spotty, lived in my Dad's trunk, and that they were the same two we kept seeing every time he opened it.

Oh my God, I just can't stop laughing when I think about it.

Jimmy and Spotty went everywhere with us, and they were our pets. We talked to them, and took them to the beach, Grandma's house, and sometimes they even got to go to the dump with us.

[baby_bear]

15. Bobby Hatfield, RIP

I loved the Righteous Brothers.

Ebb Tide,

s_m

[kyrasdad]

17. Not necessarily for me... but for the kids out there today

Safety and freedom. I remember being 11, 12 and taking off at the crack of dawn on my bike, going to my best friend, Brian's house and we'd take off for the entire day. No cell's, no pagers, just us two and the whole world in front of us for the day. Sun started to go down, we'd head home, and SOMEHOW, both our Mom's would ask how it was over (fill in the blank). They somehow knew where we were the entire day, but never left the house. Winterime, we'd jump on our snowmobiles on the weekend and go. Same thing. Mom would ask me what I was doing racing Brian over in Guido's back field. What we were doing at the Sugar Shack for three hours, and did we remember to replace the hot chocolate for other snowmobilers... And if I ever ran Roberts Rd. at 60 mph again, I would be grounded from my machine. On the night before Halloween, Brian, me and 5 or 6 other kids on the hill would get together to TP the place until way after midnight. No parents cared... But they made us go out the day after Halloween and clean up, and always compliment us on our "style" and "delivery" of TPing.

A few years ago, a girl 6 houses from my folks house (2 miles) was kidnapped. My childhood home has turned into a prison. Kids are not allowed to go anywhere without an adult, pagers and cells are mandatory. Folks asking directions are given suspicion instead of conversation... It's sad...

Kids today will never know that freedom...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. My dog...

She was my best friend.

[mermaid]

24. Awwwww

You will have your dog again.

Here is where your dog is right now.

http://www.fortunecity.com/petparade/paw/10/

Go have a look!

[Bertha Venation]

22. Jimmy Carter

"What is a great childhood memory that you have?"

My stepfather being pissed that Jimmy Carter won in '76.

I want Jimmy Carter back.

[NightTrain]

23. My innocence!

n/t

[VermontDem2004]

25. What is a great childhood memory that you have?

The year 2001. My best and worst times of my life came during that year, I went through a huge life changing experience. I would give anything to relive that year even the bad stuff because the good times I had were the best times I ever had. Sometimes it is depressing just to think about it.

[supernova]

26. My relationship with my brother

I was eight when he left for college. We were quite close. Life got a lot harder for me after that and we haven't been that close since. :cry:

[Throckmorton]

27. David, just the way he was.

Don't make me cry.