What do you remember being proud of as a child?
reading . . . sometimes I would even cheat and read ahead in the book we were assigned so I would know more than the other kids . . . I still do . .... More »
reading . . . sometimes I would even cheat and read ahead in the book we were assigned so I would know more than the other kids . . . I still do . .... More »
Alive, mostly. My childhood was hugely confusing and just a little bit dangerous, but I survived (obviously). And have been searching for meaning ever since. Fortunately, I found it! Yes, I found the meaning of... More »
Children need to know that someone will stand for them . . . that the grown-ups of the world will be behind them, will nuture them, will create a space for them to grow and experience... More »
Mostly, I remember never having a clue what was going on. As an adult, I am not sure that has changed much. There are many profound snapshots in my memory of working very hard to... More »
Not quite-so-nice traits and tendencies . . . the need to please, the belief that others know better than me, the idea that others will take care of me because its all their fault anyway,... More »
That the giant sandcastle growing out of the beach on the ocean was actually a lighthouse . . . my mother tells me I was about 18 months old at the time and I found... More »
my childhood was a rather frightening and insecure time . . . most memories I have from it have more to do with near death experiences and struggling to survive (physically and emotionally); my mother... More »