Remember when……..

It seems that the older I get, the less I remember about my childhood. Some of the memories I have aren’t even mine really, they are stories that my parents told me about when I was too little to remember. Kids do some pretty funny stuff when they’re young, so I thought it would be kinda fun to tell some stories and have a good laugh.

My parents tell me that when I was around 3yrs old, our silver & black German Shepard saved me from being trampled by a run-away cow. We used to live across from a cow pasture, old Mr. White’s farm, and one day the cows got loose and were running a muck in the neighborhood. All of the adults and the farmer were running around trying to round them up and my parents told us to stay inside. We of course being kids, had to go outside and see what all the fuss was about. I was only 3 and I wandered out into the yard. One of the cows got spooked and ran the opposite direction from the herd, which was straight towards me. From what I hear, Duchess saw this, stood between me and the cow and apparently scared it back to the rest of the herd. Great dog……I miss her…..

On a funnier note, when I was about 5 or 6 and in the care of the babysitter (named Aunt Kay, but not related to us) I stuck a peanut up my nose. I’m not sure why, but apparently this was enough of an emergency for me to be taken to the emergency room. Doctors peered up my nose for what seemed like a very long time, and finally determined that the peanut had gone down my throat and I had swallowed it……we were to “check” my stools just to be sure. Ewww…we just assumed that it had passed and didn’t bother with a close-up. That’s my funny memory.

I saw a commercial the other day that reminded me of a story that Chewie’s Mom told me about when he was a kid. Since it cracks me up, I’ll share it. When Chewie was little his mom took him to church on Christmas. The choir began to sing and Chewie felt so motivated by this that he decided he wanted to sing too. Once the choir stopped singing, Chewie stood up and sang the only song that he could remeber at the time: “She wore and itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini” LOL…I laugh at him every time I hear that commercial!

About Amy

Hello! I am 33 years old, a wife (just recently in 2012) and a mother (that came first in 2009). I used to be fairly laid back, but having a kid really upped my sensitivty which was heightened already. I really believe in saying how I feel, when I feel it. I express my feelings - alot - maybe too much...but I feel that it lets everyone know where I stand so that there is no confusion. And, I would like the same in return - but... good luck with that!
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