Writer’s Workshop: Memories of Childhood
Memories are things that help to build up your life experiences. Good and Bad they help to shape your life and groom you into the person you are today.
The earliest childhood memory that I had was about my interest with the camera. I loved having my parents take photos of me and posing for the camera. I would smile readily whenever the camera is pointed at me.
I guess that my fascination with camera started from there. I liked to see myself on print. Back then there were no digital cameras and everything was on film and printed out. My parents took many pictures of my sister and me and there are loads of albums of our old pictures back at their place.
I remember that I like to pose with my favourite teddy bear which was given to me by my nanny. However looking through the album which I have on hand I couldn’t find any nice photos of the bear. It is great that I have all these photos of my childhood years all in print. Even though the photos have yellowed with age but they are really precious keepsakes which I have.
Do you help your children capture the memories of their childhood?
Are they documented?
August 16, 2012 @ 1:22 pm
I only developed hard copy of my elder boy’s pictures from baby to one year old. Cost ,space issue and laziness. My mom prefers hard copy to digital. Actually I also find it more interesting to look at the hard copy.
August 16, 2012 @ 1:55 pm
For a moment there I thought it was your girl! The face is like cut and paste! Lol
August 16, 2012 @ 2:18 pm
i’ll make sure when i have my own child i document her every move.. =)
August 16, 2012 @ 4:24 pm
I only have one album of my childhood years. The world has advanced in many ways and the generation today is more blessed to document their every move and progression 🙂
August 16, 2012 @ 5:52 pm
Popped in from Mama Kats! My mom just dug up my old hs yearbook….it’s amazing how things don’t change but do change.
August 16, 2012 @ 6:55 pm
Very cute picture! I don’t have many pictures of myself growing up, but the pictures I do come across amaze me! I can’t help but wonder how different it will be for our kids since we don’t have prints to fill albums, we can simply leave the pictures on the computer or burn them to disc.
August 16, 2012 @ 8:51 pm
you’re lucky you have photo of your childhood, i don’t have kasi, that is why when I give birth to the little one i see to it that he has childhood photos..
August 16, 2012 @ 9:44 pm
I love old photos! I wish I had more of my parents’ pictures. I took tons of pics of our kiddos throughout their childhood and looking at them bring back such fond memories. We got our first digital camera in 2004, so now everything will keep forever. That is if you don’t lose it when your computer hard drive crashes. lol. This is the predicament I’m in at the moment. I’m hoping the date is retrievable. Thanks for sharing your early childhood memories!
August 16, 2012 @ 10:00 pm
Always loved the camera ~ both taking photos and as a child being in them ~ cute photo ~ great post ~ Life is composed of memories ~ how right you are ~ (A Creative Harbor)
August 16, 2012 @ 10:23 pm
Hi Dominique 🙂 ~~ I like your “M” word. It isn’t one that I would have thought of.
We have a baby book for Mrs. Jim’s and my daughter, Karen. Most of the pictures got ruined when our house flooded but the baby book was saved. I have a few of my growing up pictures but not many. My first four children’s memory stuff stayed with my ex so they are lost to me.
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August 17, 2012 @ 1:25 am
ADORABLE photo, ADORABLE you! 🙂
it sounds like you had a really great childhood.
August 17, 2012 @ 4:19 am
I would love to this kind too… But not now yet, don’t have a kid yet…for sure it’s fun to have all stuff documented.
August 17, 2012 @ 9:34 am
we have more photos print before than today. Maybe because of digital photos and some web storage available in the net.
August 17, 2012 @ 9:37 am
very cute pic. I was the opposite, I avoid having my photo taken. guess that bad haircut didn’t help.
great M post. have a great day.
August 17, 2012 @ 10:21 am
Yes, I do. I am not sure if they even have the interest of going back to see the photos or items I kept for them, but I think it serves as a secure blanket or something…they like the idea that mom has their stuff, even though they never want to look at them, not even when asked if they wanted to or not.
August 17, 2012 @ 12:20 pm
Popped over from Mama Kat’s. I always loved taking pictures. My four year old has just discovered that she enjoys taking shots with my phone camera…they’re pretty entertaining!
August 17, 2012 @ 12:56 pm
Childhood memories are important and precious. Nice that you have them.
August 18, 2012 @ 12:31 am
I do help them document by writing things down myself and taking photos.
But I also let them write things down in their journals 🙂
Happy Friday 🙂
August 18, 2012 @ 2:20 pm
We took a ton of pictures, but they’re all digital and we haven’t actually printed many out!
August 22, 2012 @ 3:15 am
You are such a doll.
I love the way pictures age.
Although, to be honest, mine from childhood are actually getting pretty faded!
Thanks for a nice walk down memory lane.
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