Childhood Memories
By CarolDM
@CarolDM (203454)
Nashville, Tennessee
September 27, 2018 4:33pm CST
I was out looking at the honeysuckles on my vine still blooming. It took me back to my childhood for a second. We would spend hours picking the wild honeysuckle blooms. The smell was something else. They smelled delicious. I lost my Mom when I was 14, so any memory I have of her is priceless. I would always pick a special bouquet just for her. She had a vase she would always use and put them on the table. This made me feel very special. Do you have good childhood memories? Care to share?
Photo ©CarolDM
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
28 Sep 18
Yes, how we love our moms! I remember her baking bread when I was very young. We had an oven and a fireplace and not much else in the kitchen. She would always make me a little bread in the shape of a man just for me.
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@wolfgirl569 (94603)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Sep 18
A lot after I got older. As a child I was more of a daddies girl. If at all possible I was with him. Even working the hay fields. Until I became a teenager. For a few years I had a very strained relationship with him and thus my mom also. But as I got older I spent more time with my mom. And especially the last few years. Something started telling me to visit as much as possible.
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@oahuwriter (26780)
• United States
27 Sep 18
I just lost my Mom last year. I too feel the same way about treasured memories spent together. When I was growing up, my Mother loved to go to the movies on the weekend. She'd take me along and it would be our time together. Not so recent, is she loved seeing the Moon at night from our little backyard. We saw the Super Moon together another fond memory to hold and treasure forever.
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@oahuwriter (26780)
• United States
1 Oct 18
@CarolDM
Very difficult indeed. Lost my Dad in '08. But as we know we have our memories. Have you heard of healgrief.org? You can light an internet candle memorial for those who have passed.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
1 Oct 18
@oahuwriter Yes I am familiar with that site, thanks. sorry for your loss.
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@Juliaacv (48581)
• Canada
28 Sep 18
That is a very sweet memory.
I remember picking lilacs in the early spring, in May, and setting up a table in our living room with a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mother on it, a couple of candles and the vase of lilacs.
It was a reminder, and the scent of the lilacs drew you over to it.
Something I did as a pre-teen, it made my mother and Gramma happy.
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@ria1606roy (2797)
• Kolkata, India
30 Sep 18
That is such a good memory 
we used to suck on the flower stalks during childhood.
we used to suck on the flower stalks during childhood.1 person likes this
@BloggerDi (3113)
• United States
28 Sep 18
Your descriptive memories were so lovely to read.
Your post triggered memories of when I was a child; I enjoyed the honeysuckle that grew on my grandmother's backyard fence every year.
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@dave121495 (1296)
• Philippines
27 Sep 18
Sorry for your lost. Good thing you have special memories about her.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
28 Sep 18
My aunt and uncle had a honeysuckle vine at their house. I remember that my cousin's and I would often suck up the nectar from the flowers.
@DeepakMasih (635)
• Chandigarh, India
28 Sep 18
Am so sorry about your mom.but its true our childhood memories always refresh our mind.
