1123. Our memories from early childhood seem to have such purchase on our emotions. ~Dana Spiotta

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What we remember from childhood we remember forever —
permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen.
~Cynthia Ozick

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When I look back at that freedom of childhood, which is in a way infinite, and at all the joy and the intense happiness, now lost, I sometimes think that childhood is where the real meaning of life is located, and that we, adults, are its servants – that that’s our purpose. ~Karl Ove Knausgaard

It’s funny how when one is hurting physically and/or emotionally things from his/her childhood sometimes come to the foreground of the mind and that as the result even nearly 6 decades after the fact rembrances of egregious circumstances can still rear their ugly heads so that finding forgiveness for the toll the incident(s) have taken is a battle that begins again. The migraine began at midnight last night and it rages on and probably will for the remainder of this night too. So I’m gonna shut down and search for the strength to endure again.

For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. ~Matthew 6:14  ✝

21 thoughts on “1123. Our memories from early childhood seem to have such purchase on our emotions. ~Dana Spiotta”

    • Neither of those would even make a dent in it and after my stroke I can’t have ibuprofen! I have prescription meds and they help some but when it’s this bad it just has to run its course and the meds just keep it from making me want to scream! 😢

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  4. I’m imagining a softening around the edges of that pain, so it shrinks and goes away soon. Soothing memories, dear Natalie. Soft and sweet to distract you a bit, until you drift off to sleep, to rest your way to a better morning.

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    • When I have a migraine I cannot lie down because the pressure on my head makes it worse. I have meds I can and do take but sometimes all they can do is keep it from escalating. But it’s finally a little better this morning and I did sleep fairly well last night. I pray that you have a good day. Love, N ❤️😘

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