Childhood Memories

Childhood Memories-This is not an inspirational blog by any means . One
night when I couldn't sleep, some childhood memories came back to me and I
thought it might be kind of fun just to write some of them down. Besides,
recently, sister Verna, who I hadn't seen in years,was able to come to Cold
Lake. We had a good time remembering incidents from our days as children.
Because we lived in the country and there was nobody else to play with, we
played with each other. Verna is only two years older than me so we were
best friends.

This is one incident that we both remembered. I guess that I was around 10.
Most barns have kind of a rounded roof but the one we had had a peaked roof.
One day, I climbed to the very top and was sitting on the edge looking down at
my mother who was milking the cow. When she saw me, she squeezed too hard
and the cow kicked. She told me to get down but I really didn't understand
why she was upset.

I grew up in an environment that was conducive to me being a tomboy. I did
have dolls but I didn't always play with them the way most little girls play
with their dolls. Verna and I used to play a game that we called "Doll
Ambulance". Our house was at the bottom of a small hill so Verna and I would
go to the top of the hill with all my dolls in my doll carriage. Then we
would let it go and watch while it crashed and the dolls went flying all
over. Sometimes we would hang them from the clothesline by their necks and swing them. At times, the head would come off a doll.

I know that I mentioned in a previous blog how we used to catch frogs while
Mom rested and watched us. I don't remember but Verna mentioned once when a
frog jumped in Mom's face. At times, we would slide our hand under the frog
and carry it to show Mom. That is when it must have happened.

Then there was the time that we ran away on the horse. Except we really did mean to go home sometime. My two older sisters each had their own horse but Verna and I had to share one. So we took sitting in the saddle and "steering" the horse while the other one sat behind. One day, we went for a ride and just kept riding and riding. Finally, Dad came looking for us in the car. I don't remember but I don't imagine he was too happy about having to leave his work to look for us.

When Verna was here recently she said that I was the daredevil of the two of us. I never thought of myself as a daredevil but I do know that I had "ants in my pants" and wanted to always be doing something.. Verna reminded me of how, when she wanted to read or do something quiet, I would often tell Mom to make Verna play with me.

Even after we moved to Medicine Hat and had other friends, Verna and I spent a lot of time together. We used to spend hours together downtown. I have no idea what we did as we never had much money to spend. We also used to go together to a lot of hockey and baseball games.

I have no idea why I wrote this but it helped to take my mind off the horrid things I am facing. Sometimes I think that's the best thing I can do for myself or others can do for me. Anything to take my mind off the nasty circumstances in my life.