‘Embellished’ Memories……I have!

I think that memories are altered or embellished each time we think of them.
The same occasion can certainly be remembered differently by different people.
I have 3 DDs and their recollections of childhood events often vary from mine.
We all see things from our own perspective.

“Recollections may vary”

AlwaysSmiling

I totally agree, I sometimes wonder if we see our past lives through Rose coloured glasses.

I was only speaking to our granddaughter the other day about my late husband's and my past when we were her age, 18 years old in the early 60's. I remembered going out in the summer with just my floral summer dress and a cardigan over my arm wearing 4 ins heels and my then boyfriend (who became my husband) in his dark suit, white shirt and tie, wearing Chelsea boots. I do not remember it ever raining in the summer, I do remember the terrible winters when snow was up to our knees but never remember rain in the summer, it was always hot and sunny. So perhaps I have embelished memories of our past.

Thats a lovely memory to have even if ‘embellished’.

I totally agree, I sometimes wonder if we see our past lives through Rose coloured glasses.

I was only speaking to our granddaughter the other day about my late husband's and my past when we were her age, 18 years old in the early 60's. I remembered going out in the summer with just my floral summer dress and a cardigan over my arm wearing 4 ins heels and my then boyfriend (who became my husband) in his dark suit, white shirt and tie, wearing Chelsea boots. I do not remember it ever raining in the summer, I do remember the terrible winters when snow was up to our knees but never remember rain in the summer, it was always hot and sunny. So perhaps I have embelished memories of our past.