Childhood Memories
By Susan
@HazySue (39264)
Gouverneur, New York
September 7, 2016 10:11am CST
As I get older my minds seems to turn towards childhood memories. The good, the bad, and the ugly. One that seems to stick in my mind happened when I was about 6 years old.
I had decided to go to a little friends house two doors down to play and did not ask permission. A little while later my friend and I were happily swinging in her backyard when my mother came angrily around the corner of my friends house.
She grabbed my arm and marched me home yelling all the way. I was definitely in trouble. I didn't realize just how much trouble I was in.
She took my favorite stuffed animal, Troubles, and tore his head off along with his arms and legs and threw him into the trash.
I used to tell all of my secrets, troubles, hopes, and dreams to him. He was my constant companion. I slept with him. He was my special friend.
I am not quite sure why I still hold this particular memory so close in my mind. I am normally a person who ignores the bad and the ugly memories of my life. This one I consider as both bad and ugly.
I wonder if it is because I could never forgive my mother for this cruel action of taking away and destroying something that was so dear to me.
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@Happy2BeMe (99390)
• Canada
7 Sep 16
Wow this just broke my heart. I can see how you can never let that memory go. That was so cruel. I can't understand how your mother could ever hurt you in such a way. Yes she could have punished by doing what is did was extremely cruel.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
9 Sep 16
@Happy2BeMe we never did have a good relationship.
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@Happy2BeMe (99390)
• Canada
9 Sep 16
@HazySue I am sorry to hear that. Some people just shouldn't be parents.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
7 Sep 16
I am surprised your mother did that.Does she usually show her anger like this? You were just a 6 year old kid.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
9 Sep 16
@silvermist she did. She still does using her mouth. She frequently will say very hurtful things. Now as an adult I have long ago learned how to ignore them for the most part.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
10 Sep 16
@HazySue Quite unbelievable.I wonder what her problem is.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
11 Sep 16
@silvermist I don't know, she has never been someone you can get close to.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
10 Sep 16
I have memories of my mother being so cruel to me as well .. I remember it once in a while and still wonder why she acted that way ..
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
11 Sep 16
@HazySue No we won't know why a mother can be like that to her child ..
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
10 Sep 16
@epiffanie I am so sorry to hear that. It is miserable, isn't it? You do wonder just why they felt they had to be so cruel. I guess we will never know why.
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@ria1606roy (2797)
• Kolkata, India
8 Sep 16
Well, parents are like that sometimes, and some memories of them are ugly. It is cruel even what she did to your old friend. But other memories are loving and caring and you should focus on those more. Let the painful memories go, it has been a long time and its definitely not worth spending your present emotions on. Resentment sprouts resentment. No point keeping it all in.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
9 Sep 16
@ria1606roy you are right of course. I did learn from this experience.
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@shaheena11 (375)
• India
8 Sep 16
It's okay honey...mom's get easily frustrated and end up doing some strange things...but they really feel sorry about it later some express it some don't....!
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@cahaya1983 (11120)
• Malaysia
7 Sep 16
I'm sorry to hear that you went through that difficult moment. I hope you will manage to put it aside someday and hold on to the beautiful friendship you had with your friend. 
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
9 Sep 16
@cahaya1983 my mother and I are about as different as day and night. I learned a long time ago to think before I open my mouth.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
8 Sep 16
big !! that must'a been a most traumatic event. seems a most cruel 'n unusual punishment fer a young'un to endure.1 person likes this
@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
9 Sep 16
@crazyhorseladycx it was traumatic. I learned to think before I punished my own children.
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