Memory 1- 9/28/09

I remember we were in our first house in Naples, the one by the Registry Hotel, the pink one. I had recently got a royal blue cast put on my left leg- a full cast- to try and straighten out my leg. Bud, mom, and I were lying in mom and dad's bed reading a book that George O'neil had sent me for my birthday along with one of the mystical creatures in a small statue form. The book had a brown cover with a picture of a mystical world- I believe with a dragon protecting an egg. Mom was in the middle, I was on the left and Bud was on the right. There was a down comforter, with Mom's white lace duvet cover on it, on top of us and we were eating banana popsicles (Publix brand). These were always my favorite treat to have when I wasn't feeling well and so of course mom had stocked up after I got my cast. I remember being extremely uncomfortable, not being able to bend my leg, and I was crying, but mom, like always, knew just how to comfort me with my favorite popsicles and cuddling up in bed with a story.

Keep in mind when reading these that I am writing these memories in a journal, by hand because I feel that writing them by hand provides me with extended time to think through the memories and not have a chance to go back and add or erase since I am writing in pen. I want to see how I remember these experiences without going back to add details that I "forgot". So when I copy them here, I am not making changes from my journal so I apologize if the grammar or sentence structure is not correct, but you know get a sense of how my mind works when I remember the past- Lucky you! ;)