An Image Of My Childhood

https://pixabay.com/en/fantasy-fairy-tale-forest-girl-3237644/

@HazySue (39264)

Gouverneur, New York

March 21, 2018 2:15pm CST

When I saw this image on Pixabay it took me back in time to my childhood. When I was a little girl I dearly loved to read to the exclusion of anything else. My parents wanted us to spend time outdoor but all I wanted to do was to sit in my room and read. When they decided that I would spend time getting fresh air whether I liked it or not I found a way to make both of us happy. I started taking a couple of books outside and hiding them away for times when I was pushed out the door. Instead of sitting on the ground I used to climb one of the huge backyard trees and sit in it with my book and my stuffed dog. This way I was able to do what I wanted to do and still be outside. It took my parents a while to figure out what I was doing up there in the tree but by that time they just gave up on trying to get me to run around in the yard. To this day I still love to read, I just don't do so sitting up in a tree.

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@JudyEv (325825)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Mar 18

I used to read with a torch under the blankets and I was always getting into trouble at school for reading under the desk.

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@JudyEv (325825)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Mar 18

@HazySue Then when I married and time was my own - sort of - I'd burn meals because I'd get absorbed in a book. In the end I gave up reading for some years.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

25 Mar 18

@JudyEv I am still getting distracted by reading. My husband says that if I am reading a good book the house could fall on my head and I wouldn't know it.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

23 Mar 18

I never tried to read in bed but I did get in trouble in school for trying to read during class.

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@moffittjc (118459)

• Gainesville, Florida

21 Mar 18

Wow, that's great that you have such a love of reading! I was like that too when I was younger, but somehow I found a balance of reading and running around outside. Now, as an adult, I love nothing more but to lay outside in my hammock on a beautiful day and read a good book!

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@moffittjc (118459)

• Gainesville, Florida

24 Mar 18

@HazySue My kids lay in their hammocks and read too, so I guess it's not just an adult thing. But I will admit I long for the days of being a kid again, because adulting is hard! lol

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

23 Mar 18

It sounds like an adult, the hammock and a book. I got my exercise taking dancing lessons and gymnastics.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

26 Mar 18

@moffittjc Isn't that the truth.. It is good that you passed the love of reading down to your children.

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@toniganzon (72285)

• Philippines

22 Mar 18

I loved reading as well but I also loved being outdoors. So after hours of reading, I would usually go out, go to my mom's store and help her there. I didn't get so much time to spend with my parents so every time I was home during the weekends, I would rather spend it with them than away from them. I was away for school during weekdays but they do visit us every Wednesday for a short family lunch.

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@toniganzon (72285)

• Philippines

24 Mar 18

@HazySue Right I remember looking forward to that every single week.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

23 Mar 18

I found a way to combine reading and the outdoors. It was nice that you were able to be together for a family lunch in the middle of the week.

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@LadyDuck (458230)

• Switzerland

22 Mar 18

I also love to read and I have always loved since I was a very young girl. We lived in an apartment, I had no many occasions to play outside.

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@LadyDuck (458230)

• Switzerland

23 Mar 18

@HazySue I have never liked a lot kids games, but I loved to read.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

23 Mar 18

no matter what was going on around me I always found a way to get in some reading.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306386)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

21 Mar 18

I hope you don't sit up in a tree any longer. I've been reading since I learned the alphabet, and writing just a couple years after that. Wow! I just realized that. Reading - age 6. Writing - age 8.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306386)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

23 Mar 18

@HazySue Yes, it is. It's a good thing libraries still have summer reading programs for kids.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

25 Mar 18

@just4him it is a good thing if you can get those kids interested.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

23 Mar 18

I started reading and writing at a very young age. It's an awful thing that so many kids today are on such low reading levels for their age.

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@Courtlynn (66921)

• United States

21 Mar 18

I use to climb trees and jump from them.. but never sat in them.. bugs.. ick.. lol. Its a cute photo.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

23 Mar 18

I love the photos. Bugs are part of the reason I didn't care much for outside.

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@Courtlynn (66921)

• United States

23 Mar 18

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@much2say (53958)

• Los Angeles, California

21 Mar 18

That's great you were such a reader from such a young age! I was like that but with drawing. My kids are like that too . . .but luckily they picked up on both reading and drawing!

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

23 Mar 18

My girls all loved to read. I wish though that one of us would have picked up the talent of drawing.

@epiffanie (11326)

• Australia

25 Mar 18

Lovely childhood memory .. Thanks for sharing .. ;) ..

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

27 Mar 18

Anytime. I still love to read but not in a tree.

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

21 Mar 18

Lol - I haven't been up a tree for a while either

. My parents had the opposite problem with me - they couldn't get me to come inside.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

23 Mar 18

That's the way it usually is with kid. I was very shy and I liked being alone up until I got into 8th grade. All of the sudden I became a social butterfly.

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@sol_cee (38223)

• Philippines

24 Mar 18

I used to climb trees too but without books. I was too busy keeping myself from falling.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

27 Mar 18

I was good at climbing a tree. Looking back thought I am not sure how I made it up the tree with things in my hands.

@KristenH (33351)

• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

21 Mar 18

Sounds like you had a nice trip back to Memory Lane with that image.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

23 Mar 18

I did. you know what they say - a picture is worth a thousand words.

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@KristenH (33351)

• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

23 Mar 18

@HazySue Yes I do. Your price is always priceless as memories.

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@YrNemo (20261)

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26 Mar 18

We had to read books with a torch under our blankets to avoid detection. We were supposed to study only, not read anything unless they were textbooks.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

27 Mar 18

That's no fun. How can you enjoy reading if you are not interesting in what is in the textbook?

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@YrNemo (20261)

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28 Mar 18

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