Having chicken pox
My first memory was being very aware that I was sick and had chicken pox. I was 9 months old. I was on vacation with my family in upstate New York (Lake George, I believe), and we were staying in a cabin with another family.
Memories from crawling
I have lots of memories. The first one that always comes up is learning to walk. I have focused and clear memories starting from when I was crawling pretty well.
Wanting to be picked up
I was in a crib that was in a place we lived when I was very tiny. I think I wanted to stand up, but I hadn't gotten the drift yet of how to do that, so I was sitting in the crib.
A sense of comfort and security
I know that I remember things, but it just takes a lot for me to really think back. I know that I was with my dad when I was really young.
Talking to the deer
One of my earliest memories is in my crib, sleeping in my crib. I remember how, first thing in the morning, I would feel a warm beam of sunshine there.
A little toy car
In my earliest memory, I was so young I was not talking at all, and I don't remember walking. What I remember is being pulled in a little toy car at our home, the place on Hickory Street where I grew up.
My little cave
My earliest memory is in my room. Deep in the forest where we lived during the first 4 years of my life, my dad moved an A-frame house from another part of the lot and built an addition for me on the side.
View from the floor
My earliest memory is sitting on the living-room floor of the house where I lived with my parents. I'm in a diaper and nothing else, and I'm kind of moving on the floor, not really crawling, but kind of "getting there."
Seeing my grandfather
I was very young. I was in a room and saw my grandfather (I found out this part later) sitting in a chair. I remember thinking, "Gee, he looks like a nice person to be with."
Playing peek-a-boo
I remember a time when I was about 7 months old. I wasn't walking yet. It was summer, because I was just in a diaper. I was crawling on the floor. It was hot, and the front door was open so there was a breeze coming through.
Outside the quiet life
In my first memory, I was a babe-in-arms. I must have been 4 or 5 months old, because I was at that age when I couldn't roll over, so I could be put on a bed and expected not to roll off. My parents were visiting some friends and they took me with them.
Taking a portrait picture
I remember when they took a portrait picture of me when I was not yet a year old (in 1908 or 1909). I am sitting because I couldn't stand yet. In the picture, I was in a chair with a little stuffed animal in my hand.
Cabbage rose wallpaper
My earliest memory is as an infant, probably a year or less, and being in my mother's arms in a rocking chair in a room with cabbage roses on the walls, in a room with cabbage-rose wallpaper.
Cats in the cradle
The earliest memory I have was from when I was less than 2 months old. I remember I was in my crib, although I don't remember it as a crib because I didn't have that concept yet, but I was lying in there, and there was an animal with me.
Language and learning
I have a distinct recollection of language and learning it. I must have been breast feeding, although I was so tiny I didn't have any idea of what it was, but I must have been too aggressive or something, because my mom slapped me.
Going down a canal
My earliest memory is a strange, recurring dream that I think is probably a birth memory. I think I've had it for years, for forever, it's just been so much a part of me.
The white haze
I have a lot of memories of before I was 3 years old and a few from when I was real tiny. The very first memory I have I must have been weeks old at most because I couldn't see.
Before I could roll
I think my earliest memory is from when I was so young I couldn’t even roll over by myself. I remember lying on my back and looking up at my aunt, at least I think it was her. She was looking down at me with such joy.
The magic trains
One of my early memories was from before I could walk, and I certainly couldn’t talk.
The view from a stroller
My earliest memory is my mother pushing me in a stroller up the street. It was daytime, and I can remember coming out of our yard and crossing the junction of Hawthorne and Airport Road and going up the street.
The Parade
I remember attending a parade at age two. It was my first time seeing a parade and it was very exciting, there were so many people in attendance. I remember seeing a girl I knew on one of the floats. I pointed and exclaimed to my family and the other adults, "Look it's Hanaka." To my shock, they all laughed at me. I felt very hurt by their reaction.
Kate Burkett 11/23/23
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