LET’S READ

THE
MEMORY
GAME
CHILDHOOD MEMOIR
 I RECENTLY DISCOVERED
THAT SOME OF MY EARLY
EVENTS ARE PARTLY, IF
NOT ENTIRELY,
RESPONSIBLE FOR MY
CURRENT DISPOSITION AS
A YOUNG ADULT. IN
REALITY, IT WOULD BE A
DIFFICULT ENDEAVOUR TO
SELECT OUT A DEEP EVENT
FOR ME.
 THAT IS NOT TO SUGGEST
THAT MY CHILDHOOD WAS
WITHOUT ITS UPS AND
DOWNS. IN REALITY, MY
YOUNGER YEARS WERE MARKED
BY A SUCCESSION OF EVENTS
THAT SEEMED TO HAVE
PLAYED OUT AT THE SAME
TIME, ALMOST DEFINING MY
FUTURE. SOME WERE
ADVANTAGEOUS, WHILE
OTHERS WERE HORRENDOUS.
 UNFORTUNATELY, UNFAVOURABLE
EXPERIENCES APPEAR TO TAKE
PRECEDENCE MY MEMORIES. WELL, I
DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF A
PESSIMIST, BUT I'VE DISCOVERED
THAT BAD EVENTS FREQUENTLY
OBSCURE THE BRIGHTER ONES. AND,
BECAUSE LIFE IS A PROCESS
RATHER THAN AN EVENT, I WILL
RECALL SOME OF THE EVENTS
THAT SHAPED MY UPBRINGING;
EXPERIENCES THAT, WHILE
TERRIBLE, SHAPED THE PERSON I AM
TODAY.
 I WAS BORN INTO A
MIDDLE-CLASS HOME WHERE
BOTH OF MY PARENTS
WORKED. THE TWO WERE
ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL A
TYPICAL YOUNGSTER
REQUIRES IN TERMS OF
TOYS, A GOOD
KINDERGARTEN, AND EVEN
REGULAR FAMILY OUTINGS
 THAT'S ALL I RECALL BEFORE
THINGS TOOK A TURN FOR THE
WORST. BEFORE I DELVE INTO
THE SPECIFICS OF HOW THINGS
WENT WRONG, I FEEL
OBLIGATED TO RECALL THE
HAPPY MOMENTS I HAD WITH
MY FAMILY. MY EMPHASIS ON
FUN IS MOST LIKELY AFFECTED
BY THE OBVIOUS BIAS OF
HAVING SPENT THE LATER HALF
OF MY LIFE DEVOID OF BASIC
PLEASURES.
THANK
YOU FOR
READING!
SEE YOU NEXT TIME!