My Childhood Memory

When I was a young child I would love to hear my parents tell me that we were going on a trip. I would be full of excitement, because I knew that we would be going to a place that I had never seen before. My parents, my brother, and I would pack our luggage and venture out in our small gray minivan. Three of my most cherished memories in our minivan are when we went to Disney World, the beach, and the mountains. When I heard my parents talking about going to Disney World I was so excited. It was a long trip down to Florida and I could not sit still, because I was so excited. We finally arrived that evening and decided to stay in a hotel near the theme park.

Going to the beach was nothing like going to the lake or swimming pool. The ocean had large waves that would come crashing into the beach. I was so small that the waves would just throw me around. I also got to walk down the beach and find different objects that the waves had washed up on shore. I found seashells that had brilliant colors like the rainbow. I even found a creature that looked like pink jelly. I picked the creature up with a stick and took it to show my dad. My dad told me that it was a jellyfish that could sting me, so he made me bury it in the sand. I saw another creature that was gliding in shallow water. It was dark brown with a long tail and looked like it had wings. It was a horrible looking creature that I had never seen before. My dad came down to the water to see what I was looking at. He told me that they were called skates, and they would not hurt me. That was the first time I saw something living in the ocean besides a fish. My dad then showed me that there were little creatures called, sand fiddlers, which would wash up when the waves crashed into the shore. We sat down on the sand so he could show me how to catch them. Sitting in my room, with lavender colored walls neighboring me giving me sensations of peace and beauty, I remember my home town back in Russia, streets full of blissful kids playing in the streets, laughs, and voices echoing in my mind like a forgotten dream. Tears come to my brimming eyes and my heart longs for the youth that will never come back or repeat itself. I will never forget my memorable childhood home and the neighborhood, where I grew up, lost my first tooth, and made my first friends.

One of the most exciting stages of life is childhood because these are days when a child has nothing to worry about because most of their problems are solved by adults. The best part is hanging out with fellow kids all day long. Your Literature teacher can ask you to do a childhood memory essay. This assignment gives you an opportunity to reminisce about your old good days. Perhaps you have lost those memories or don’t know the best one to include in your paper.

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