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It could have involved cake, clowns, and twenty- three kids. It may have been just the family. A celebration of YOU on that day unto which you were born.
What was the best birthday party that you had as a child? What was it that made it stand above all others?
I remember my mom making chocolate chip pancakes on my ninth birthday. It snowed a lot that morning. more
Posted: May 1, 2006
Maybe it was a song from the Old World, maybe it was a traditional lullaby. Maybe it was a hymn, or a Christmas carol, or the newest chart topper. It didn't matter, as long as it was the sweet melody of our Mothers and Grandmothers or the strength and resonance of our Fathers and Grandfathers.
Can you recall a lullaby that was sung to you as a child?
Think about what you would most like your children and grandchildren to understand and know about you from your own childhood.
What is the definitive story of your childhood? How and why did this situation or event shape that which you have become today?