I remember:
Warm pavement under my bare feet
Doodle bugs tickling my arms
Train whistles in the distance
My father’s biscuits and gravy
My mother’s typing
The smell of chlorine at the pool in summer
Chicken and dumplings
Incense at church
Freshly mown grass
My dad’s old farm truck
My Uncle Doc’s café
My Uncle Hutch’s hardware store
My Uncle Claude’s menswear store
My dad’s sale barn
My mother reading
My brother banging on snare drums
My big red tricycle
My pretty aqua bike
Hitting my forehead on a doorknob
Buying my first bra at Woolworth’s
The cool air in the movie theater
Kneeling at church
The air just before a rain
Creaking in the attic of our house
My mother saying prayers at bedtime
Watching television with my brothers
Going to the drive-in with my family
The yeast rolls at my elementary school
Jumping rope at recess
The sound of the locusts in the summer
Playing baseball
Walking to town
Being chased by my brothers
The day John Kennedy died
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