Where I come from is Poquonock, Connecticut. A micro town outside the airport in Windsor Connecticut. I have not been here in, 20+ years? Maybe more. I drove through on my way to the airport as my friend drove. I remember so much but so little from that time of my life. Snippets of a child’s life
- St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, the stairs I stood on waiting to receive my First Holy Communion
- Poquonock Elementary School, the big tree in the playground we would sit under and pay Duck-Duck-Goose
- The small market across the street we stopped in and got a candy after school
- The pre-school I attended (I had brought my cat as show-and-tell, Thomasina , as we went into school; he jumped out of the box and ran away in the fields, never to be seen again. Heartbreak for a 4 year-old.)
- Rice Hardware, my Dad and I would stop in and get a few things, and Jerry Rice, the albino owner, with white hair and red eyes, so scary for me as a child
- The funeral home and cemetery, where we have a gravestone for my Father.
These are all places and memories of my childhood. Good, bad or just indifferent, they are places I recall. I can drive by and see the location and think of the past but I don’t have to live there or be there again, only as a matter of choice. Still, those memories are strong and my chest still feels tight, just thinking about it. Wow, how powerful. I want to explore a bit more in this area, travel down the roads to my home, and take a picture. I think I want sketch my family home, share it with my siblings. I have done this process for hundreds of clients now. Think it’s time for Brenda Ross to go home to 55 Birchwood Road and see the past as Brenda Priest!
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