(I am taking part in The Write Tribe Festival of Words 8th – 14th December 2013. This post is part of the 7 posts series )
There is a congregation of people. Everyone is talking in soft voices. Sombre mood alighted the house. White clothes around. A group of people were carrying a white casket away. One of the ladies in the family is pushing her face onto the window grill in the sitting room . I can see her tears. I donot know what is happening.
Later on, after recalling this to my mother, she pointed out, that would have been the funeral of my father's second uncle.
I was 3 years old. This is my first memory.
Which is your earliest childhood memory? From what age do we start recollecting incidents ?
Amazing what a person recalls at such a young age! You described it so vividly as if I was a participant in a dream. Lovely and well written! ♥
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Kathy ! :)
ReplyDeletewow! What amazing clarity!!
ReplyDeleteI don't remember much from that age.. just stories told by my parents and grandparents :)
Some things are just imprinted in our brains. Very vivid memory for someone so young. Well written.
ReplyDeleteWow. How I wish I could remember my first memory :) Loved it!
ReplyDeleteFunerals for kids can be tough... a sad memory to recall forever...
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@Pixie : I had read in an article, our memories from childhood are often fostered and strengthened by the stories we hear from our elders.
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@Suzy : Thank you for your sweet comments.
ReplyDelete@iwrotethose : Thank you ! :)
ReplyDelete@Richa Singh : Very true! Every time I see a child at a funeral, that exactly is what I think, the child is going to remember it forever.
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That's a very vivid memory - I guess the emotions that surrounded a death must have registered on your young mind.
ReplyDelete@Corinne - Exactly.
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