Remember...

on Monday, 14 May 2012.

remember

At school my reports always used to say I had an over active imagination, I used to sit at my desk and just dream. I have always been a day dreamer, I love to be left alone with my thoughts- I could sit and think about my hopes, goals, fears and dreams for hours.

I also love to think about memories. Isn't nostalgia an amazing thing? And how even the smallest little thing can transport you back to a past memory?

How driving along a certain road makes me instantly think of my Daddy- it is really bumpy and he used to drive along it quickly because I liked it making my tummy 'do somersaults.'

How eating orange smarties reminds me of sitting on my Grandma's knee in the doctors surgery when I was three, being cuddled because I had fallen against a window and cut my head open.

How hearing the song 'It must have been love' reminds me of being seventeen and having my heart broken for the first time. Sitting against the radiator in my little sisters room with my Mum, crying my eyes out. I can still feel her arms around me telling me the hurt would get better.

Or how the smell of Gucci Rush perfume insantly reminds me of one of my university friends? Being transported back to my child free years, my four housemates and I drinking cheap wine, listening to our music really loud and getting ready for countless nights out.

And how hearing the song 'You're beautiful' by James Blunt reminds me of the summer I fell in love with my husband- the trips out, that exciting butterfly inducing feeling of getting to know someone inside and out.

I think thats why I love taking photos so much- I have literally boxes full of photos in my garage of my childhood and although there are some moments I don't remember, the majority I look at and get a feeling of nostalgia wash over me as I relive the memories.

I love how you can be doing something completely random when a memory pops in to your head- or how when you meet up with old friends you spend ages laughing about what you used to get up too. Those happy moments that aren't life changing, but that make you better as a person.

The little moments that make you you.

The human mind is pretty incredible really- how we are capable of remembering the tiniest details or the smallest memories.

I want to make sure that when Mads is my age, or when she is a Mummy herself, that she looks back on her childhood and smiles. Like I do. It may not always be happy but as long as we help her create memories that she will love to remember. I want her to look back and say 'My Mummy did a great job.' I want her to remember wonderful memories of laughter, cuddles and lots and lots of fun.

Who knows what her first memory will be but I want to make sure that it is one to cherish?

I want her to look back and say for the most part that growing up was great. One day I want to sit with her and look at photo albums or reminisce about stories and say 'Ah do you remember when...?'

And we can look back and smile.

Tags: Family, Growing Up, Love, Mads, Memories, Nostalgia

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The Mummy Adventure

14 May 2012 at 08:53 | #

Beautiful. Mads will have this lovely blog as I reminder of everything she got up to as a baby. Isn't it odd to think of our babies as parents themselves one day though! I want D to stay little forever

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  17 May 2012 at 21:27 | #
  
  Thanks lovely. x
  
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Emma @mummymummymum

14 May 2012 at 12:58 | #

Awwww, beautiful Katie, and gorgeous photo! xx

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  17 May 2012 at 21:30 | #
  
  Thanks Emma x
  
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would like to be a yummy mummy

14 May 2012 at 16:34 | #

Sounds like your week got better as the week went on. I was so sorry I missed Cybher but sounds like it went well. Love all your photos x

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  17 May 2012 at 21:31 | #
  
  Thanks Karen- it was a shame you weren't at cybher x
  
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The 40 year old

14 May 2012 at 18:33 | #

Lovely post. Totally agree. Smells seem to invoke the most memories for me. A scent to remind me of my deceased mum or (unbelievably) aviation fuel to think of my dad, strong, fit and working.

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  17 May 2012 at 21:46 | #
  
  It is crazy how the human mind works. x
  
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Notmyyearoff

14 May 2012 at 20:52 | #

So true, it is those select memories that form the memory of a whole childhood. Love the photo, you look like you're deep in thought there too :)

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 May 2012 at 15:36 | #
  
  Thanks lovely, and you are right as well- memories totally make a childhood.
  
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Kara

14 May 2012 at 21:32 | #

I don't know how you keep writing such beautiful posts. You write the things that are in my head. But so much better.
I love photos. I am a huge ne for memory boxes. Both my babies have them. Mads will 100% have the most amazing memories. All thanks to you xxx

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 May 2012 at 15:37 | #
  
  Thanks lovely, I am a bit of a soppy head at heart in case you hadn't noticed!? ;) x
  
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Stuart

14 May 2012 at 23:42 | #

The world needs people with over active imaginations, day dreamers, poets and artists. And hopes, goals and dreams need time and space to grow, first in the mind and then in the world. And the worlds a better place for people who share beautiful words, ideas and photos too. Nice work.

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 May 2012 at 15:49 | #
  
  Thank you for your lovely comment- and so true.
  
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mother.wife.me

15 May 2012 at 07:37 | #

What a beautiful post, you say everything so well that I wish for my daughter.

Lovely to meet you briefly at Cybher, it was a fab day eh!

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 May 2012 at 15:51 | #
  
  Thanks lovely- and it was a fab day. Lovely to meet you too. x
  
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Mascara and Mud

15 May 2012 at 08:51 | #

Gorgeous post - it gave me goosepimples! x

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 May 2012 at 15:52 | #
  
  Thanks lovely!
  
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Lucy at Dear Beautiful Boy

15 May 2012 at 08:59 | #

I've been thinking lots lately about first memories and what the little guy's first memory might end up being. My earliest memory was getting up the morning my brother was born to find my mum wasn't there. I don't remember being scared, just excited because she was always there and it was out of the ordinary. I can distinctly remember the curtains my parents had in their room at the time and the way the light glowed through them.
I think it's lovely that my first memory is from such a significant moment in my life as getting a brother. And it really makes me hope that my childrens' first memories involve each other in some way. Although I think that he might be too little to remember his sibling being born, I like the thought that he probably won't remember a time before they came along.
X

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 May 2012 at 15:54 | #
  
  I think thats lovely, my first memory was cutting my head open! ;) x
  
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HELEN

15 May 2012 at 09:06 | #

That's a lovely photo Katie although the smell of that rapeseed is making me sneeze! Smells definitely trigger the most memories for me, and of course music too.
x

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 May 2012 at 15:54 | #
  
  Do you get bad hayfever? I get the worst! x
  
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Laura

15 May 2012 at 14:29 | #

This is a gorgeous post. It does make you wonder what their first memory will be. Mine is the birth of my brother, being sat with my granny having a cup of tea in her camper van. Parked up in the hospital car park.
xx

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 May 2012 at 15:56 | #
  
  Sounds like lots of peoples first memories is their siblings being born- thats kind of cute! x
  
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amummysview

15 May 2012 at 20:49 | #

lovely post lovely lady x

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 May 2012 at 15:57 | #
  
  thanks hun x
  
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Kate

16 May 2012 at 09:20 | #

You made me cry reading this Katie, not in a bad way. I have the same thoughts regarding Youngling. I want to capture every part of his life and the fun we have together and share it with him when he is older. I think talking and communicating is sooooo important. I know that may sound strange but how many times have you remembered someone or something and thought 'oh I haven't spoken to so-and-so for ages' etc.

I have a very dysfunctional family dynamic and I am so passionate about ensuring that Youngling and I change our future and for our family from here on in. All too often some memories can be painful, but when you look back at these gorgeous pictures of the little life you created you cannot help but smile and cherish every moment. Kate xx

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- Mummy Daddy and Me makes Three
  
  19 May 2012 at 15:59 | #
  
  Thanks for your lovely comment Kate. I am sure that you will give Youngling a childhood that he will love to remember.x
  
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Charlotte

22 May 2012 at 10:24 | #

Gorgeous post and photo. I have missed your blog! x

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