My early years

I was born on October 18, 1965 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. There has not been to many stories told about my birth. The one thing that has always been told was the fact that my mother was not suppose to be able to get pregnant. Well guess what, the doctor was wrong. Around 4:00 on the morning of October 18 I appeared. There was a happy couple on that day in Spartanburg.



       



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According to my mom, I was around 14-15 months when I began to walk. She said that there was really no stories about me beginning to walk. The one story that she did tell me about was when I started to crawled. We lived on a dead end street in Spartanburg and mom said that she was outside hanging clothes on the clothes line. She had left me laying on a blanket and when she turned around I had crawled out into the road. I guess I'm lucky that it was a dead end road and was during the 60's, because today a parent would go to jail for that.

Mom said that I was slow when it came to talking. She did say that when I started I did not know when to be quiet. Mom said that I was about 11-12 months old when I started talking. Mom said that we would go to my grandmothers house and she would ask if I was ever going to talk, but after I started talking my grandmother would say that she wished I would be quiet for awhile. I laugh about it today, because my wife says that I never met a stranger.

                      MY BEST CHILDHOOD MEMORY

 

There were two memories that stuck out in my mind when seen the question about the best childhood memory. The first would have to be the time dad and I was fishing on Cherokee lake and I caught a 12 pound rock fish. I was 10 years old when I caught that fish. Fishing was the one thing that my dad and I did all the time. It seem like we went every weekend and after he got off work during the week. The other memory that I calm as rating the best was when we won the state little league tournament. That happen when I was 11 years old. I played catcher and was a pitcher on that team. 

 

Most common first childhood memory

 

I thought that this was funny, because I didn't want to remember my trips to the dentist.




                    MY WORST CHILDHOOD MEMORY

The worst childhood memory that I can recall is the death of my dog. I had this dog for around nine years when it was killed by another dog. This dog was my best friend and went everywhere I went in the neighborhood. As kids we had a little gang that roamed all over the neighborhood and my dog was the mascot. I was about 11 years old when he was attacked by a bigger dog and was killed.

   

 

 

 

 

 

                  
                MY EARLIEST CHILDHOOD MEMORY

The earliest memory of my childhood that I can remember is when I was about 3 years old and we lived in Spartanburg. I remember playing outside with our next door neighbor's son. He was the same age that I was and I do remember his name. I often wonder what is doing and where he is living.



Question:

How would my life be different if we had stayed in Spartanburg my entire childhood?