Your earliest memory...go!
I was 2 1/2 and my sister was 4, we are with my Mom and Nana.
Now that you have recalled your earliest memory, can you recall it vividly? Is it color? And can you hear sound for was there a smell?
Freud coined the term 'childhood amnesia' which explains why children's first memories can occur at 3-4 years of age and often not until 4 and was linked to verbalization. And even then it is difficult to decipher if the memory was triggered by a story or a photograph.
Most of my early memories are from photographs, as i try to recall them now they are holidays, special occasions or vacations. Mom was always happy snapping so for me it is hard to separate as I loved looking at old photos.
You know where I am going with this right?
Photographs are the proof, the are the cement that binds in times of loss and grief but also joy.
Flat Rock Beach, NSW
But, its the sweet moments we want to remember how it felt.
Broken Head Nature Reserve, Byron Bay, NSW
Or your pet chook who died a few weeks later.
So take photos and share them with their children. Did you know it increases their sense of belonging?
That will be in my next blog!
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