I remember that!

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I find it interesting to compare and contrast childhood memories with other people that I grew up with.

I reunited with a cousin that I hadn't seen since I was a kid. He said I would purposely charge headfirst at the refrigerator and slam my head into it. I have no recollection of that.

My great aunt lived with us for a while, because she was senile. At the very end, my parents put her in a nursing home. My last memory was that she peed on the kitchen floor and used a kitchen towel to clean up herself and the floor. I always thought that was why she got sent to the home.

My sister remembered that they caught her in the process of attempting to boil water on the stove in a plastic bucket. So the real fear was that we couldn't watch her 24/7 to ensure she didn't burn the house down.

 

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My sister remembered that they caught her in the process of attempting to boil water on the stove in a plastic bucket. So the real fear was that we couldn't watch her 24/7 to ensure she didn't burn the house down.

My father's elderly aunt got evicted from her apartment the 2nd time she set it on fire in a few month's time... (she left a pan on the stove, turned it on, then left the kitchen... twice!) Luckily, no one was injured. Her son moved her to a nursing home near him after that.