One of my favorite childhood books was Sam Who Never Forgets by Eve Rice.  The elephant watches Sam, the zookeeper, feed all the other animals and the elephant keeps asking, “Sam, did you forget?”  What do you remember?  Here are some of my random memories:

  • Sally, the doll that I received for my second birthday/sister’s birth
  • The combination to the lock on my first diary
  • The year Sara and I received photos of our new puppy, Bandit, for our birthdays
  • Playing pioneers, Boxcar Children, pirates, and adventurers in the backyard
  • Turning Luke’s hair – temporarily – green
  • Watching Gilmore Girls with sister-fans
  • The first day of college algebra when my professor thought that I was good at math 
  • Feeling at loose ends when my parents left me at college the first time
  • Graduating from ESU – lunch with family, celebrating with friends, accidentally showing up in an outfit that matched Mom and Sara’s
  • Trying to figure out what to do when half my town is flooded