Things I remember

Part One: Years 1-5
I remember being very young and sneezing in the front seat of our car while my mother drove.
I remember being stretched in some fashion. The muscles on the left side of my neck weren't working well and the stretching was part of a physical therapy routine to get them stronger.
I remember my brother Michael pretending to die and falling off our porch onto the ground below. I was sad and then happier than I had ever been when he stood up. He was wearing a gold cardigan and brown pants.
I remember getting excited when I saw the fox on Moores Lumber's sign and yelling "Peebles" for some odd reason.
I remember shopping at Hills with my mother in Christiansburg and using my allowance to buy Colorforms. I also remember their popcorn.
I remember going to a matinee of the original Batman movie with both my brothers and calling our mother to get permission to stay and watch it a second time.
I remember a girl in our trailer park who could run across the gravel road barefoot.
I remember going to a Christmas dinner for underprivileged children and a man with a brown dress coat with the leather patches on the sleeves who was nice to everyone.
I remember our neighbors, the Jenkins and the numerous amounts of cockroaches that lived in their trailer with them.
I remember climbing the trees around the trailer park and coming home covered in pine sap.
I remember spending time with my grandfather as he ran errands around town.
I loved to go to Southern States with him most.
I remember crying on my first day of kindergarten and sitting in the principals lap until I realized everything was going to be okay.
I remember my brother Joey getting into a fight with a bigger kid who kept picking on me.
I remember my mother telling me I was going to have a little sister.

To be continued...