What's the earliest thing you remember?

[SheSaidSheSaid]

Met a friend for lunch today, and this topic sorta came up organically. I have a few vague, context-less memories that predate this, but the first really solid memory I have is from the first grade. I went to a Catholic school in first grade, even though neither of my parents was ever a practicing Catholic. Somehow it made sense when I was younger My sister, 2 years older than me, also went to Catholic school the first 3 years of her school-life, and that's one of those vague memories I referred to, remembering her coming home from school.

Anyway, I was a bit of a tomboy when I was that young (yeah....I know ) and after school and at recess hours me and a bunch of other kids (mostly boys) loved to play a game called "Fly Up." It was very simple - one person was designated 'it' and he or she would dropkick the ball as high as possible, and if anyone caught it before it hit the ground and ran back with it over a certain end point, they would then become 'it.' Everyone tried to catch and tackle the person running the ball back. You wanted to be 'it,' but just like any good kid's game, there was really no end or ultimate way to 'win.' It just kept going. Of course this being a Catholic school, we all wore uniforms, and I got remarkably little grief for dirty'ing up my jumper. The boys, though.......the sisters weren't too happy with them

What's your earliest memory?

[Mega-Tallica]

I remember when Hurricane Floyd hit us. I think I was in 3rd or 2nd grade at the time. I remember my gramps being pissed because the basement flooded with 4 feet of water and a good chunk of his priceless baseball cards were ruined. I also remember watching my uncle out the window getting blown away while trying to carry in his wet vac. And I recall watching The Princess and The Goblin all day until the power finally went out. That was one of my favorite movies when I was young.

I remember when I was in 1st grade, my teacher slipped the f-bomb in front of us because we couldn't be quiet and memorize the letter people and then she rushed out of the room and we had a substitute teacher the rest of the day, lol.

And I have one very distinct early memory before kindergarten, but it's too depressing to share.

[DrifterUK]

The 2 that come to mind for me are when I was about 5 or so, I went to a farm with my parents and it had been raining so everything was quite wet. I think I climbed up a fence to get a better look at something, slipped and caught my chin on part of the fence or something and I have no idea how badly I actually damaged it, but it caused me to bite my tongue really hard and I vaguely remember crying for several hours, or at least what felt like several hours

The second is my brother making me watch the music video to Firestarter by The Prodigy when I was really young, I have no idea why he did that, and even less idea why I remember it. Not a particularly interesting memory, but at least I like the song now

[boodean]

when i was born i have a birthday every year lol lol

[SheSaidSheSaid]

The fact that you have a birthday every year means you remember being born? Um....okay.

[jibjqrkl]

pfff, where to start?

In the beginning I created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and my spirit was hovering over the waters.

And I said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. I saw that the light was good, and I separated the light from the darkness. I called the light “day,” and the darkness I called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
And I said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water.” So I made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. I called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

do I need to go on?

[Witticus]

First thing I remember was being a young boy around the age of 4 living in Germany and collecting slugs to put on my bicycle basket. I was a weird kid.

[GreatJedi7]

I remember freaking out and crying while waiting in line to ride The Haunted Mansion against my will when I was rather young.

[DerLindwurm]

Redwood trees at Sequoia National Park. Looking up at them, and stumbling around on the ground that was covered with chips of bark. I guess I would have been 3 or 4 at that point.

[Cipher_Peon]

I remember waking up and there was blood on my hands and a note that said "Nobody needs to know." And that's the last thing I remember.