My experiences putting all of me together to cope with chronic illness, depression, anxiety in a constructive way.
Good Memories - I had a Fort!
A lot of my writing is parsing through painful memories so I want to break those up with more positive posts too. The flowers are good but I haven't so many varieties just now so I'll share a good memory.
I had a Fort for a few years when I was a kid. After my Mom and Step-Dad got together, we moved into my Step-Dad's Grandmother's house. Back then, his family owned the entire corner, two houses (one was pretty run down), and a garage. Behind the house we lived in tucked away in the corner where shrubbery, trees, and bamboo were all a bit overgrown, there was a shaded area that was our Fort. To my knowlege my parents never hung out in there but it was a magical place for child. I was elemtary school aged when we lived there.
There was a fir tree that I climbed, often, to the top where I could survey my world. I LOVED climbing anything but that was my tree. My brother and sister were younger so they didn't climb as much as I. There were other trees that had bigger limbs and were less scary for them. The bamboo forest that bordered the Fort was dangerous to the unwary. If you don't know, bamboo leaves and young shoots are sharp. That only made it more exciting I felt so clever, ruler of my little domain. I played hours of pretend in that protected little secret clearing.
There are hundreds of images that flow through my mind when I think back but none that form a single coherent story. Playing dolls, listening to my FM Radio that ran off batteries, climbing my Tree, playing house. It must have been a work area at one time, maybe for gardening or taking care of animals. I seem to recall what may have been an old chicken coop or some such thing. The clean smell of the fir tree and ground clear because the needles kept much underbrush from growing. I spent summers laying on the ground just being there.
Always a magical and sacred place in my memories.





This brought back so many happy memories for myself as a child - thank you for sharing!! <3