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Childhood Nostalgia

The Dark Secret My Mother Hid In Her Closet

Caren Osten Gerszberg | Posted 05.03.2013 | Women
Read More: Mother-Daughter Relationship, Aging Parents, Caregiving, Depression, Alcoholism, Childhood Nostalgia, Motherhood, Alcohol Addiction, Wine, Mothers and Daughters, Mother's Day, Women News
Caren Osten Gerszberg

Cleaning out my mother's house has been both painful and eye-opening. Her photos, keepsakes and written words remind me of the amazing woman she once was, and highlight the glaring contrast between her then and now.

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Sweet Memories

Tamsin Eva | Posted 01.28.2013 | Parents
Read More: Childhood Nostalgia, Motherhood, In Memoriam, Childhood, Nostalgia, Mothers, Losing Mom, Grief, Death, Candy, Parents News
Tamsin Eva

It's uncanny that Mum died the day before we were scheduled to depart. I ate volumes of candy during that long train ride. Nobody suggested I shouldn't. And I've always suspected that a lifelong pattern of episodic over-indulgence began that day.

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A Different Day, a Different Time

Ron Brounes | Posted 12.18.2012 | Parents
Read More: Rotary Phones, Parenting, Imagination, Older Dads, Make Believe, Parents-Families-Tech, Modernity, Childhood Nostalgia, Childhood, Childhood Memories, Nostalgia, Parents News
Ron Brounes

When I was growing up (half a century ago), life was different. Telephones had rotary dials and did not double as game consoles. Kids sat next to the TV because we didn't have remote controls to change to the other three channels and rabbit ears needed constant adjustments.

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Certain Deaths Hit Harder

Michele Willens | Posted 06.20.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Baby Boomer, The Mickey Mouse Club, Frankie Avalon, Sany Koufax, Dick Clark, Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin, Childhood Nostalgia, Don Drysdale, Boomers, American Bandstand, Big Sticks, Fifty News
Michele Willens

I am surprised at how sad I have felt since learning of Dick Clark's death.

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Of Hearts and Friendship After Half a Century

Terrell Harris Dougan | Posted 04.14.2012 | Women
Read More: Valentines, Childhood Nostalgia, Childhood, Terry Taylor, Nostalgia, Childhood Memories, Valentine's Day, Memories, Women News
Terrell Harris Dougan

My desk was next to Terry Taylor's, the prettiest girl in our class. On Valentine's Day, I kept comparing my pitiful haul with Terry Taylor's and wondering where I had failed socially.

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