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Childhood Memories

1. I remember breaking my arm in 6th grade going down the hill in my neighborhood on a scooter. Like the little razor scooters, my mom had been cleaning the big closet in my room that day and I was trying to avoid cleaning and taking out the trash by playing outside. None of my friends were home that day so I was occupying myself going up and down the hill in the road. I decided that the road proposed no challenge so I moved onto the sidewalk that had freshly been re-cemented prior to that incident. The cement was a little sticky still and my scooter suddenly got stuck a little while I was going downhill and I kept going and ended up flipping over the front of my scooter into the grass. I didn't realize I had broken my arm so I got up and walked home with my scooter in the good hand. When I got home my living room was filled with garbage bags with a rocking chair in front of the tv. I was watching Spongebob and in a fury my mom came down the stairs and demanded I help out with taking the trash out. I calmly said "Mom I can't" and she said "Why the hell not?" and I showed her my arm which was in an arch. My mom screamed and immediately brought me to the hospital. **Title:** Falling Salt Shaker **Photographer:** Jess Alford **Date Taken:** N/A **Web Address:** []

**Title:** French Franc House of Cards Falling Down (Composite) **Photographer:** Tony Stone Images **Date Taken:** N/A **Web Address:** [] 2. Learning to swim with sharks was a childhood memory of mine that I love. I was so scared to learn to surf because of the sharks in Hawaii that I wouldn't even go in the ocean. In Hawaii they have a North Shore Shark Adventures program where you go in a cage and swim with the sharks in the open ocean while they throw chum in the water. It was a little scary at first because the waves were thrashing about and i thought the cage would tip over and I would be lunch! But all in all, it turned out to be a really peaceful experience. I loved it, they seemed calm and just as frightened as we were of them. It was peaceful and calming and now I am at peace with the sea life.

**Title:** Two Silvertip Sharks Swimming Past Each Other (Long Exposure) **Photographer:** Peter Pinnock **Date Taken:** N/A **Web Address:** http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/two-silvertip-sharks-swimming-past-each-high-res-stock-photography/200115971-001 **Title:** Female Triathletes Entering Water Blurred **Photographer:** David Madison **Date Taken:** N/A **Web Address:** http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/female-triathletes-entering-water-blurred-high-res-stock-photography/859953-001 3. Going to the carnival as a kid every year was a good childhood memory i have. i love cotton candy and caramel covered apples and the adrenaline of going through my veins. I love the feel of a carnival especially when you go with your family and boyfriend/girlfriend type thing. its so romantic winning prizes and so cute emerging from the baby teacups to the big alien spaceship throughout your childhood. Riding the pirate ship and the swings would be such an accomplishment and I still love the carnival today. **Title:** TIME EXPOSURE EFFECT OF CARNIVAL RIDE LIGHTS AT NIGHT **Photographer:** Jeff Greenberg **Date Taken:** N/A **Web Address:** [] **Title:** Catherine Wheel **Photographer:** Ray Wise **Date Taken:** 2010 ****Web Address:**** [] 4. Halloween was always my favorite holiday and even still is. I love getting all scary and getting free candy! It is easily the best holiday. Carving pumpkins, trick or treating, screaming around the neighborhood with my friends, all of these are such wonderful memories. I love my black cat that I got on Halloween too! She always reminds me of Halloween which is why I love her so much. I also love watching scary movies and getting scared. Halloween will always be one of my top memories as a little kid and when I'm a parent I will also make sure my kids love Halloween too :) **Title:** Halloween Jack-O-Lantern and Trick-Or-Treater on Porch (Long Exposure) **Photographer:** Tom Boyden **Date Taken:** N/A **Web Address:** []

**Title:** Man in a StraightJacket **Photographer:** Ranplett **Date Taken:** N/A **Web Address:** []

5. Honolulu Water Park... I loved all water parks but the one in Hawaii was so tropical and beautiful and full of kind people. I want to go back there one day because the snowcones were as big as my head! they had a wave pool and lots of fun slides with the best burgers ive ever had! I love water parks because it's not just like a pool in the summer, there's slides and good food and lots of people that you can make new friends like I always do when I go to places. I love tube rides and especially the lazy river there! It will always be cherished in my heart. **Title:** Waterpark **Photographer:** Vito Palmisano **Date Taken:** N/A **Web Address:** [] **Title:** Man Swimming Underwater in Pool (Long Exposure) **Photographer:** Pete Atkinson **Date Taken:** N/A **Web Address:** []