There's no need to be anal about it, as you probably won't remember the details of any one specific day, but describe a typical or atypical day before you were thirteen. It can be a school day, a summer day, or whatever kind of day you want.
Describe a Day When You Were 10, 11, or 12?
- Thread starter Ken Anderson
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I was ten when my youngest sister was born. My dad asked me if I wanted to go to the hospital with him to pick up Mom and the new baby. Of course I did!
We get there, the nurse wheels my mother out to the car. Mom says to me, "Here's your beautiful new little sister!" and opens the blanket. I had the notion that she was going to look like a lovely baby doll. She looked like a peeled rat.....bright red and too much skin, crumpled up face, baby acne, bald lumpy head. Even my mother later reluctantly admitted that she wasn't a Gerber Baby. I didn't know what to say, so I probably just said, "Wow!"
In a couple of weeks, she was indeed a beautiful baby, she just had to grow up a little and put on some weight. She became a real beauty.
I'll never forget that day.
We get there, the nurse wheels my mother out to the car. Mom says to me, "Here's your beautiful new little sister!" and opens the blanket. I had the notion that she was going to look like a lovely baby doll. She looked like a peeled rat.....bright red and too much skin, crumpled up face, baby acne, bald lumpy head. Even my mother later reluctantly admitted that she wasn't a Gerber Baby. I didn't know what to say, so I probably just said, "Wow!"
In a couple of weeks, she was indeed a beautiful baby, she just had to grow up a little and put on some weight. She became a real beauty.
I'll never forget that day.
Hoot Crawford
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I have a picture that was taken when I was still 11, with my 2 older brothers standing in front of our freshly washed 1948 Ford coupe, whitewall tires and all. We were all shirtless, the sun was shining, and it was a beautiful summer day in a small village in southern Ohio (Appalachia). Probably went to find the one other boy in the village and played some one-on-one basketball. Didn't watch TV (ours was always iffy) and played outside until it was time for supper. It was a time of total innocence.