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Re: What items from your childhood make your heart smile with fond memories?

Cobby — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:00:07 -0000

I have the wooden spoon that my Baba used to cook with. It is now in my utensil crock in my kitchen, but the rule is that no one is allowed to use it. It's burnt crackled surface reminds me of the time I tried to make lemon meringue pie and burned the living daylights out of the filling. It reminds me of her cooking and the warmth of her kitchen. It reminds me of standing next to her, all underfoot, wanting to help and her being patient about finding ways to safely include me. It reminds me of the abandoned bunny rabbit we found and tried to keep alive by feeding it milk from an eye dropper and putting it in a little box in the oven on its lowest temperature to keep it warm. Despite having been a farm kid, she promised me that we'd take it to the vet in the morning if it made it through the night. It didn't make it, but the spoon reminds me of all her good intentions for me and of the person she was when she was with me. I hope I can be like her someday.

Re: What items from your childhood make your heart smile with fond memories?

writework — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:34:12 -0000

I don't have them anymore, but Ginny dolls from the 1950's. My best friend and I had a long-running game where they were fairy dolls, as in Rumer Godden's book The Fairy Doll. I do still have a copy of that book.

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Terry Fitzgerald — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:33:53 -0000

It's a little sad that I had to think so hard then ultimately my wife reminded me of some stuff. I used to get Mechano sets at Christmas every year when I was a pre teen. Actually as a sort of joke I still get a little set at Christmas.I liked building the different devices.
I also got a chemistry set although I must admit I have no real interest in chemistry but there was something about all those little bottles and beakers and other nifty little tools that I loved. I did a few of the experiments.

Re: What items from your childhood make your heart smile with fond memories?

Colleen Green — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:12:44 -0000

Nancy Drew was my favorite but I had to wait until my 3 older sisters read them first. I fondly remember my Susie Bakee oven, spirograph, white gloves and shiney shoes on Easter, Candyland, lincoln logs and my pogo stick. It's amazing to me how many of those toys are still popular-timeless.

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fabuleuxparis — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:20:16 -0000

Barbie dolls and the handmade clothing from my Grandmother. Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books.

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ChaseLisbeth — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:39:08 -0000

A copy of A Wrinkle in Time given to me by my sister - my first "big kid" book ever. The cover has fallen off, the pages are loose, and it's still one of my prized possessions.

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Dazzle1969 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:00:35 -0000

My Partridge Family and Shaun Cassidy records, Avon collectible lipgloss (I had the hamburger, ice cream cone and big red lips), A Keane-esque print on my wall, and my litebrite and Duncan yo-yo's.

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Shea Fields — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:48:07 -0000

As a child I too grew up in the 70s, touching on the 80s. The things I remember with fondness include my roller skates (With 4 wheels), my Cougar boots, and Addidas runners. I also remember lots of play time with my Fisher Price castle, and people. Of course Holly Hobbie, and Barbie. I loved the Batman & Robin show, Pok A Dot Door, and Looney Tunes on Saturday mornings. I also remember Love's Baby Soft, but I loved the perfume. Growing up then seemed simple, less complicated, less stuff, therefore more to remember, maybe less is just easier to remember. It all brings warm, fuzzy memories.

Re: What items from your childhood make your heart smile with fond memories?

laurie_matthews — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:19:54 -0000

legos - v.c. andrews books - gingerbread houses - popsicles - free to be you and me.

Re: What items from your childhood make your heart smile with fond memories?

Jane Winkler — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:25:27 -0000

Wow, Danielle! That list is just about perfect. I would only add Avon Perfume Pins....

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sharon grace — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:17:04 -0000

i love my little ponies. i saw some in the store the other day and had to resist the temptation. i LOVE ursula on the little mermaid.

"the men up there don't care a lot for chatter, they really think that gossip is a bore" "sing ARIEL, SING!" "sing. for. ME.!!!" BWWWWAHHH HAHAHAHAHA!

Re: What items from your childhood make your heart smile with fond memories?

sharon grace — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:13:29 -0000

there is no item but i had a husky that i adored. the best photo opp of my life was taken with that dog when i was six years old. i'm 52 now.

Re: What items from your childhood make your heart smile with fond memories?

alligator_kate — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:03:34 -0000

In the Spring when I'm at my mother's house where I spent much of my childhood, if I go for a walk in the woods, when I pass by a certain pond I will get this poem in my head "four ducks on a pond, a grass bank beyond, a blue sky of spring, white clouds on the wing. What a little thing to remember for years, to remember with tears."
I remember getting that poem by Joyce Kilmer (set to music by a boy I had a crush on, and Joyce Kilmer was the father of the founder of my elementary school) in my head whenever I passed that pond in the spring as a girl. I was a sap back then, and still am.
No object does it to me.

Re: What items from your childhood make your heart smile with fond memories?

writer11 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:38:58 -0000

Where was that tropical paradise? And what are hot, penny loaves?

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writer11 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:36:56 -0000

C,

I had one of those childhoods too. The item I wrote about was also a book. It was from the best part of my childhood. It was only one year but it was the one in which I felt safe, loved and magical.. all because of one very, special teacher.

Re: What items from your childhood make your heart smile with fond memories?

writer11 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:27:12 -0000

I had company all day and couldn't wait to answer this one. I knew immediately what my item is. You know how they say that what you are meant to do is always in your childhood - it's true, and I have one amazing story that illustrates that, but I digress.

The one item from childhood that still makes me smile actually came up in conversation today...

When I was 8 years old I had this incredible teacher. It was 1954 and Miss Mortimer taught us in a one room, rural schoolhouse. She's the reason I finally am writing. She inspired and encouraged me. The reading of my stories were always left for last and you could actually feel the anticipation as I made my way to the front of the class to read for them.

But it was my entry for 'A Letter To Santa' that won me first prize. It was a shiny copy of "The Bobbsey Twins In The Country," addressed on the inside cover as follows: "Presented to Linda Borland as a prize for her letter to Santa." The book was lost along the way and I now scour flea markets, antique shops and second hand book stores, searching for that particular copy. Who knows, maybe the person reading this has tucked it away on a shelf somewhere? Now wouldn't that be ironic - and wonderful?

Re: What items from your childhood make your heart smile with fond memories?

bluelines — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:08:13 -0000

It has to be my Mamod steam engine. A real, live working steam engine, complete with a boiler you had to fill with water and highly flammable / dangerous / exciting-for-a-small-boy tablets that, when ignited, heated the water and powered the engine along with steam.

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DanielleLaPorte — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:02:35 -0000

You can tell you were a true fan of Erik Estrada - you spelled "CHiPs" correctly - small "i" makes you a fanatic.

Re: What items from your childhood make your heart smile with fond memories?

kerrymac — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:47:30 -0000

I loved going to my friend Tammy's house as she had all the Barbie stuff, so awesome. I loved my Pretty in Pink Barbie. I also had a Darcy doll but she was a bit of an Amazon woman and couldn't fit in any normal clothes. She did have an awesome side ponytail though!

Re: What items from your childhood make your heart smile with fond memories?

kerrymac — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:38:19 -0000

Gypsy jeans were still darn cool! I also longed for the Jordache jeans with the horse head! We shopped at Biway and I was lucky if I found some look-a-likes. I did score a pair of pinstripped jeans once though with gold piping down the legs.

Re: What items from your childhood make your heart smile with fond memories?

kerrymac — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:33:24 -0000

When I got my first puffy sticker out of a bubble gum machine I was thrilled! I put it on my banana seat and when I was riding my bike it fell off down a sewer grate. I cried and attempted to retrieve it with chewing gum for hours. It was a unicorn. My Mom was a big meanie for not taking me back to Zellers to score another. I was crushed.

Re: What items from your childhood make your heart smile with fond memories?

kerrymac — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:26:00 -0000

Fun DIp! I bought some for my boys last year and stuck it in their stockings and they were facinated. So much better than all those wierd sour spray sticks and other things they have now in plastic packages.

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Susie Hutchinson — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:24:48 -0000

TV, I have been a junkie for as long as I can remember: I'm with Danielle, Little House On The Prairie! Also, Laverne & Shirley, The Partridge Family, Welcome Back Kotter, All in the Family, Maude, Three’s Company, The Jeffersons, The Donny and Marie Show, The Sonny and Cher Show, The Carol Burnett Show, The Muppet Show, The Waltons, The Bionic Woman, and CHiPs.

The ones I loved most were Love Boat and Fantasy Island, because my mum didn't work on Saturday, and she would buy a few boxes of Old Dutch (miss not caring about eating that crap as well), and all us girls would sit around and laugh our heads off together.

My other fav was of course The Tonight Show! I have always been a night owl, and I used to stay up and watch it with my dad. He and I would watch it together, while everyone else was asleep.

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Constance — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:57:16 -0000

The tiny adorable transistor radios that my mom gave to my brother and me. All my saved for and excitedly awaited Nancy Drew books and the little glassed in library bookcase in our attic apartment when I was 12. Two gorgeous fancy dressed ceramic dolls in my grandma's livingroom. All my dolls like Betsy Wetsy and my big soft doll who attached to my feet so we could dance around. I also loved my paper dolls and my two imaginary friends Jean and Betty. Jacks and jumpropes, too.

Re: What items from your childhood make your heart smile with fond memories?

Traci — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:49:49 -0000

Barbies. My sisters and I were so very creative with our Barbies. We would turn the entire basement into a Barbie mansion and our "story lines" would last us weeks and weeks. In the summer, the mansion moved to the deck, where the area under the built-in seats served as separate rooms, and the open floor was the grand ballroom. We were very melodramatic. I remember my Barbie trying to talk my sister's Barbie out of jumping off of her balcony over that jerk Ken. I think we watched too many soap operas!