Store Your Happy Memories Here:

[Croix]

Dear All~

What this place is for:
This thread is a tool, a resource, and also I guess a dash of entertainment.

I’ve found that when life is grim that sometimes thoughts of past happiness can create a chink of light in the grey overwhelming press of down. They can help occupy the mind with lighter reflections.

With that in view I invite people to set down a brief passage describing some happy event they look back to with fondness and peace.

They - and others too - can then return to it when they feel the need to glean a little warmth.

It is not a place for gloomy or dire tales, those can go elsewhere.

What to do:
Just set out, as simply as you like, your recollection of some past experience that means something good to you, something you enjoyed, something from safe times.

It can be, like my story below, anything – from an account of visiting grandparents to simply cooking and eating a melted-cheese sandwich in a favorite kitchen – you get to choose.

How to do it:
Write. Write enough so someone else can feel the mood, know what happened, find the goodness. (stop at 2,500 characters please!)

Grammar, syntax, spelling, punctuation are not compulsory, just write as you can – the only important thing is the content - not literary merit. Short or long - it does not matter.


I hope you enjoy, contribute and find a little distraction here when you need it.

Croix

[Croix]

Dear Mrs D

I think you displayed miles of couth, you did not spit a single pip at a passing pedestrian

-C

[____]

This is just a simple one and it'quite short, but it's important to me.

I was lying in bed in winter with my fluffy pajamas and thick bed socks, buried under my doona. Pressed against my stomach, my chubby ragdoll, softly snoring over the quiet hum of the heater. I wouldn't dare move, as it would wake the sleepy beast and he would leave, taking his valuable body heat with him.

[Croix]

Dear April~

I'm delighted you came here to this thread, it is a retreat from the hard world at times -a necessary thing and after reading your account I can see why it is important to you.

Being warm and snug , safe in bed is a wonderful feeling for a child, and to have a freind, rag or otherwise, makes it complete.

Maybe there is something about being a child and being snug, if you would like it here is another of my happy memories

https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/online-forums/permalink/qmJ6p3HzvGGEbv8AAOnT_A

(Nain and Tide are my grandparents)

Croix

[cathyxd7]

Wondering through the suburban streets with one of my best friends after school. We would talk for hours about anything/everything, and just kinda relish in the orangey sunset light (like at sunset when it hits the trees n stuff real nice?).

We would muck around at play grounds, just do stupid teenage stuff - I haven't felt like that since lock down but I hope to again soon 🙂

[Croix]

Dear Cathyxd7~

Welcome, it's nice to see you here.

You paint a picture a lot of have had, and will again.

Why not ave a look around, somethng might appeal

Croix

[Ggrand]

Hello Mr. Croix...

I am making a happy memory from yesterday...

I was sitting outside..it was freezing, I had a blanket over me, I was toasty warm except for my face...I love the cold on my face...

Anyway..while I was sitting their, these tiny little white things started floating everywhere..ohh I though snow..so I popped my goggles on to look at the “snow”..

Nope not snow..you know those weeds that people hold in front of them and blow, then tiny little white seedy, fluffy things float around in the air...I think their called dandelions...they looked so pretty, fluffy on top with the little seed underneath..twisting, dancing and floating down so gently, their were thousands of them...thinking they came in with the breeze...

It was something I haven’t seen before... probably never see again,,,so I’m making that into a new happy memory..

Grandy..

[CyP]

Thanks for sharing your memories of feeling great and playful. It's important that we all stay hopeful and we will get through this lockdown together!
Warm wishes to you

[Mara56]

Hi all,

I have a happy memory I'd like to store.

Last weekend my hubby was manning the sausage sizzle station at Bunnings. I let my son know so that he could bring his sons down. I arranged to meet them there at the same time. When I got there my son only had his eldest with him. My Grandson's face lit up when he saw me. After a few moments my son took me aside and said "I had a bit of trouble getting him here (meaning my grandson.)" He said "he asked me if it was just going to be Grandad because he only wants to see Nanna" My heart melted when my son told me this. I'm so blessed to have 2 beautiful grandsons.

Cheers

Mara

[Croix]

Dear All~

My own happy memories seem mostly to be taken from the past, I'm enormously pleased you have the ability to treasure the present too

Croix

[Doolhof]

Hi Everyone,

It is interesting that happy memories can be created 5 minutes ago or many years ago. I was going to say 5 decades ago, but some of you probably aren't that old!

Some of my happy moments have been spent with other people's children enjoying activities like creating with play dough, finger painting, flying a kite, listening to a child's view on life and creating a cubby house out of cardboard boxes.

As a child I enjoyed making sandcastles, exploring the creek near us, riding my bike, fishing and reading books of far away places and travel stories.