I remember always being happy when I was a tiny human, my biggest problem was that my socks sometimes got wet in the shoes and I would be cold or that I had to go and learn letters and words, inside. I spent no time inside, I liked to play out in the nature. It didn't matter if it was winter or summer, 1 meter of snow or 30 degrees Celsius outside . I always had something to do, I always had my imaginary friends with me.
Up until I was around 6 years old, I would live at my countryside with my grandparents most of the time, no other people around, the closest living soul being 6 km away, I didn't have a lot of kids to play with, but I did not mind at all. I had my trees to climb, my sand cakes to make, my woods to explore.
I remember my grandfather always telling me that wolves ate my mom. She worked a lot and would come in the evening, I learned by this, that my grandpa had a bad sense of humor, he never came up with new jokes, and I stopped believing him very fast. I don't remember him joking around a lot, just that he loved me with everything he got. He wasn't nice to other people, but I was the special human, the only one that was there.
I remember much less of my grandma, at least the good times, she got sick very early in my life, wasn't herself anymore. But I do remember her making me potato pancakes and rabbit wool hats that were too hot even in winter, and winters were cold where I come from, she taught me how to make thread on the spinning wheel and she made amazing food, something my mom didn't learn. We would go to the forest together to pick mushrooms and berries, of course I would not pick the berries, but eat them, I had a blue mouth from the blueberries afterwards.
I was a happy kid, living in the countryside, playing with animals, climbing trees, making imaginary food, ''helping'' my oma and opap(grandma and granddad). It was a bright time. I don't remember any worries in my mind, just the couple of times when I got stung by a bee or nettle. And I was full of energy, so when it got dark I would not go to bed immediately. In the evenings I would watch cartoons, Tom and Jerry on a VCR, I knew the episodes by heart.
My point is that the world was easier with less things to think about and still, I wanted to grow up faster, to become an adult. If only had I known... :D I cherish those memories, they are the ones that visit my dreams the most, I can only be thankful for the amazing childhood I had, the days I spent in fresh air, my medicine for bruises was the medical leafs I picked up, my education from my grandparents giving me knowledge I could never learn in school.
Childhood is a wonderful time and nobody should be robbed of it, a kid can learn anything and not take it as worrisome, learning different plants and mushrooms was fun for me and I still remember them, learning doesn't mean growing up. Bad experiences do that, they take the naive attitude out, the innocence away. Those things should be postponed and no kid should ever experience bad before his time. There is time to learn harsh life lessons, but it is not the time of childhood.
Those are my thoughts, my opinion, the way I see it, I grew up wanting to give, because I was given when I was little, that was a thing my grandparents left in me, giving me all the love in the world.
Every child deserves a childhood without any danger and with much love.
Great contribution. Blessings.
It so happend that I live next to my childhood destination right now. I always feel a bit of nostalgy when I'm walking next to the playground I used to play or walking through the same park I used to explore as a kid. But come to think of that, I don't want to back to the childhood again. It would be like visiting new country and staying in the hotel all day long without trying anything new, eg. some nacional food. So happens that all of us get older and have to deal with more demanding stuff, but life is all about learning through experiences and overcoming new obstacles so we can evolve, get better and not commit the same mistakes again. Every experience opens up a new opportunity :)
Yeah, I know, those are memories and nobody should live in the past, for me childhood is what defines how we are going to be in the world, the basic traits.
Yeah, it pretty much defines who will we become as grown ups. But it's never too late for a change though :)
That is true :)
Wow this sound like a interesting poem or a good story line(i'm not sure which particular one).
Sad to hear you didn't know your mom as a child and got brought up by your grandparents. I know how it feels to grow up as a child living with grandparents because i did also. And they were both farmers that would always take me to the farm.
I think the best time of my life were when i was much younger thinking less of problems and issues of life and just living without worries hoping to grow up and become a successful and responsible man
I did get to know my mom really well since I was around 7 years old and going to school, didn't visit my grandparents that much anymore as the school was in the city and I was bigger. I didn't get to know my grandparents that good as I grew up, because they died very early in my life. (I was around 10)
great post @lindahas, very touching story of your childhood... you know I've already been a fan of your posts, and I'm so happy you're starting to get more traction and recognition for it! :) also, didn't realize you know a bit about "mushroom hunting" too! lol
And as always, thanks for spending your time on my stuff :)
I learned a lot of stuff as a kid, what mushrooms to pick, what herbs are good for health, which berries won't kill ya. :D
After read your post, I hella miss my childhood :(
Thanks for sharing
I grew up in a village, and my memories of growing up in the village is one my most happy and cherished memories. This is despite the fact that at that time, my village had no electricity or water supply.
Haha, I don't think I cared for light or being clean whn I was little either, so... :D
I really wish there wasn't so much sadness in the world, I would love to be a child again, innocent and trusting that everything will be ok
Beautiful...thanks for sharing!!
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Please show me how..
Pure luck. After hard work that is. It is hard to get noticed and this just happened to me, my other posts are far from this popular :D As long as you create quality, somebody will notice you, I have posted my stuff for a little longer than a month, it has been an awesome months and my payouts have been growing steadily, slowly, but steadily. Just don't expect to get rich quick. :) Oh and think about your posts first, the money should not be priority(This is something for me, if you think differently you should do that)
Thank you a lot.. @lindahas
InshaAllah i'll create as good as i can till all @steemit members will notice me..
I'll remember your Advise money is not thr priority.. 😊
Thank again fo upvoted me..
I'll keep in touch with you.. Can i..?
You have some good writing skills. I am submitting your post to @curie. I hope you will get some exposure.
Omg!!! I just saw what happened, thank you a lot :)
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I will, I already started reading it
I submit her, too. We have the same opinion.
how? its old post now. lol
not now, but a couple of days ago
oh cool
this is really an interesting post. thanks for sharing this incredible write up @lindahas
Thanks for taking your time and reading :)
Lovely post. <3
Thanks :)
How lovely @lindahas ~ life was so much simpler back then ! The older I got the more mistakes I made (and the more I was held accountable for them). I have been making the same mistakes for so long in life I am going to start calling them 'traditions'...
On...
Also, most people can count the number of true friends on one hand - I'm still having trouble running down my imaginary ones.
Good Times.
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Haha, I have the problem with friends, because I am moving from country to country all the time, hard to keep in touch when you live thousands of kilometers away from each other.
As a child ignorance definitely means bliss.
No kid should be forced to grow up too quickly. Although not everyone is that lucky. Try keeping a childlike view of the world when you for example grow up in a warzone.
I know that is a huge problem in the world, not only wars, but hunger, thirst, cold, you name it, a lot of kids with childhoods robbed.
Congratulations @lindahas!
Your post was mentioned in my hit parade in the following category:
Oh, thank you, I feel honored :)
I can so much connect to you mate!!
I wish i could go back to being a child once again!
It was just so good then..world seemed to be great,peaceful and happy,no tension of anything of whats gonna happen tomorrow or anything but as we grow up we get to know of the real world which isn't so great as it should be...at each step there is pressure,tension and fears surrounding us of our failures..
Indeed Childhood was awesome!!
Yes there are less problems for a child, but children are innocent, you can not survive in this world being innocent all your life, so as I see it, it is our defense mechanism to grow up and get wiser.:)