Scarlett's+Memoir

**Memories with Caroline**

 * by Scarlett **

Many of my memories are in relationship to pictures and videos that my parents took and we watched over and over again, so it helps me remember those memories better than I would if they hadn’t taken the videos. In my first memory, I don’t remember how old I was, but I know I was just a baby. I was at my friend Caroline’s grandmother’s house in a crib with Caroline. Caroline is just a little younger than me. Caroline and I have known each other for practically our whole lives because both of our parents went to school together.

 Caroline’s grandmother lives across the street from a farm. We used to go over to the farm sometimes. She has a big lawn. At the time, it had blueberry bushes and a swing set. She has a porch that goes around the side of the house. There was a garden off to the side of the porch. There was a little pathway that leads to a small side building my friend and all of her friends call the barn. The barn has two floors. The first floor is where her grandmother keeps her trash cans and a car. The second floor is where Caroline’s grandmother keeps her stuff; for example, she has art supplies in the barn for when she visits.

 I have many different memories with Caroline. Some of the best memories are at her grandmother’s house. When we were little we used to throw ribbons through a crack in the floor into the kitchen. Another good memory is when Caroline, a friend, and I were hiding in the garbage cans under the barn playing man hunt. The three of us won the game.

 This memory starts with Caroline and I in a crib. The crib is on the porch next to the garden. The crib had some kind of fabric with a lot of holes in it. We were just sitting in the crib, then Caroline started crying. Her grandmother picked her up. I think that I wanted to be picked up, too, because I started to cry as well. Then my mom picked me up.

 I’m happy I remember this because now when Caroline and I hang out we sometimes remember it. I think it’s nice to have memories with friends from when you were little so you can go back and talk about the memories with that friend. It’s also nice to have memories with friends because it makes you feel like you have a connection with people in the world. Caroline and I can talk about this memory and many others.

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