The First Thing I Remember in My Life

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It's time to dig through all those cobwebs in your brain (even if you're a young person) to see if you can retrieve your very first memory. Chances are, that memory was a significant event in your life. For this writer, it was of standing in a hospital room next to the cribs of my newborn twin brother and sister when I was three years old. For my mom, it was of standing next to a young family friend for a picture taking session. She was dressed in an extra pair of his overalls because she had wet her pants just before the session. She was two at the time. She's 86 now.

Once you retrieve that memory, describe the feelings that arose from the incident and why you think it stayed with you all these years. Unless the story is traumatic in some way, share it with your loved ones. It adds one more fascinating fact that might otherwise have been overlooked to your overall legacy.


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