Remembering and sensing

Well, my (first) memory is of sitting in our garden on my mother’s lap. I (not very clearly) remember that there was a cat or dog there too, but I can’t remember much else.

I used to have a memory when I was young, but I’m 82 now, and as you get older your memory (memory for things that happened long ago) is very clear, but your memory (memory for things that happened recently) is less good. Sometimes I can’t remember what happened yesterday. But I can (very clearly) remember my first day at school as a child.

My mother sometimes tells me things I did or said when I was little but which I’ve (totally) forgotten. One embarrassing memory which I’d rather out (avoid remembering) is when I took some scissors and cut my own hair. It looked awful!

Seeing schoolchildren often up all kinds of memories (makes old memories come to the surface) for me. I wasn’t happy at school and I have some (unpleasant) memories of being forced to do sports, which I hated. Sometimes, when I hear certain songs, memories come back (lots of memories return).