I have been thinking a bit about the things I used to do in my back yard at my house growing up. There is not one story that completely sticks out to be written as a full memory so I will try to bullet the things that happened in my yard so I wont forget some of the fun things that happened there.

• The first big memory that happened here was the time my brother fell off of the tree in the back yard. It was very early on in living at that house, maybe a few months after we moved in. He was in a cast for a while.
• We even had a second tree pretty much in the neighbors yard next to us that we would climb around.
• If you cut through the house be hind us a bit, you can get to this small little patch of woods where we used to hang out once and a while.
• One time near our shed in the back, a kid next door threw a large rock and hit my brother in the head. He probably got a small concussion or something. My dad was so furious and he

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When I was in 4th or 5th grade I got this idea in my head to sweet talk and romance a girl while we were protecting and serving classmates by making sure they didnt get killed walking the street.

It was the safety patrols job to monitor the street going across South Lake Rd from Burt.  It was actually very rare that we would help anyone out because most kids just ate inside the gym and didnt live near the school.

So my idea of romance was to kiss Laura Brandon because I really thought she was a cutie.  

And in order to prepare for this (this being my first kiss ever) I really had to kind of "prepare."   So as embarrassing as this is, I will post it.  I pretty much the night before kind of hugged and envisioned my romantic kiss with her with my pillow.  Acted as if it was her pretty much.

But the day came and I was very nervous as to what would happen.  When come to find out Laura wasnt there and some other girl took her place.  I remember . . . Read More..

All of my life growing up at the Hendricks House , my grandma Taylor used to collect all of her pennies for months and give them to Verda Taylor my brother and I.

We stored them in a large glass water container that had to of been from the 1950's.  The container got so heavy over the years that it was so difficult to even lift.

So finally when I was in 8th grade, my brother, nicholas Azzaro and I counted them all up in my basement.

The total amount from pennies was roughly 400 dollars!  We spent all day counting them and the bank thought we were insane!

What an interesting thing for my grandmother, Verda Taylor to do.  Her growing up through the great depression sets precedence with what the true value of money is.

From (Growing up Through Elementary School) Original Memory Interview Question

His Response:

XMen. The cartoon. Because I am a huge nerd. Thank you very much.

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From (High School Days) Original Memory Interview Question

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I was Oakland County's scholar athlete of 2000. There was only one person from each school that was picked by teachers as being exceptional in class and in sports. I got my bio in the paper and everything...

I remember my name being called off on the announcements when Clingan and I broke the school record.

I actually cant remember much more than that. I was track captain and was section leader in marching band. But I never got a ton of awards. Oh well.

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