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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 09:09 AM Dec 2022

I remember snow. I was three.

We still lived in the three tiny rooms above my "Nanny's" clapboard house. The sidewalk from her back porch led to the laundry shed out by the alley and the outdoor "privy" was on the far side of it. That sidewalk, therefore, was always the first Dad shoveled clear whenever it snowed.

That Christmas I had received a heavy wool "snow suit" consisting of brown plaid trousers, coat and matching cap with ear flaps. Mom stuffed me into that suit after first dressing me in corduroy pants, a flannel shirt and a sweater. After putting two pairs of socks on them, my feet went into oversized gum boots and everything was topped off with cotton jersey gloves inside mittens.

In this outfit, she let me go out where Dad had almost cleared 6 or 8 inches of fluffy snow off the walk to the shed and "play in the snow".

I had only managed to waddle about halfway to Dad when I lost my balance and tipped over sideways off the walk. Fortunately, I landed on my back, but soon realized there was no way I could get up----i was so well-bundled that I could not bend either my arms or legs! And so, I layed there watching the wonderful white flakes filter through the leafless elms in Nanny's back yard.

I wasn't cold---how could I be? Eventually, Dad found me and stood me back up. I waddled back inside behind him grinning ear to ear and eager to tell Mom how wonderful is snow.

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I remember snow. I was three. (Original Post) Atticus Dec 2022 OP
What a wonderful little story! secondwind Dec 2022 #1
A wonderful memory! niyad Dec 2022 #2
I love these posts of yours. Keep 'em coming! Scrivener7 Dec 2022 #3
❤️ littlemissmartypants Dec 2022 #4
I love this story! sagetea Dec 2022 #5
"Victorian England?" Hardly! More like "Hardscrabble America", but I was blessed Atticus Dec 2022 #7
You had the magic all this time to see the beauty JMCKUSICK Dec 2022 #6
Thanks for those kind words and Merry Christmas to you, too. nt Atticus Dec 2022 #9
Your name's Randy, isn't it? rsdsharp Dec 2022 #8
Merry Christmas, Atticus Xoan Dec 2022 #10

sagetea

(1,375 posts)
5. I love this story!
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 11:46 AM
Dec 2022

As I do your others! I have a question, though, did you grow up in Victorian England? While reading this story/memory, I wouldn't get the thought of a boy in Victorian England off my mind!!

sage

Atticus

(15,124 posts)
7. "Victorian England?" Hardly! More like "Hardscrabble America", but I was blessed
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 12:35 PM
Dec 2022

with great parents.

JMCKUSICK

(229 posts)
6. You had the magic all this time to see the beauty
Sun Dec 25, 2022, 12:14 PM
Dec 2022

In a monent. I think your special gift is to offer all of us the opportunity/reminder to find it in outselves and keep it conscious.
Merry Christmas

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