The homes you have lived in are important in your life. So are other buildings you spent a lot of time in. The schools you attended, the churches you worshiped in, the businesses you worked in, the places that you had fun at, the restaurants where you dined, your grandparents' houses, and many other places that you spent a lot of time at can bring back many memories in your life.
The first school I attended had three classrooms and a lunchroom with a girl's and a boy's restroom. I remember playing in the hallways when the weather was bad. We watched a few movies in the foyer of the school on a screen that pulled down over the main door of the school. We all brought our chairs out of our classroom to sit on. We had eight grades in the school with three teachers. The lunchroom was also a multipurpose room. I went to third grade in this school. Then the school was closed and we were bused five miles to the next closest town. I don't have photos of myself at the school, but I do of my sister standing in front of the building.
Another place that I spent a lot of time at during my childhood was church. There was an older wooden building with a bell on top being used at the time I was born. Before I was very old a newer bigger building was built. It is what I remember from my childhood. There was a chapel with several classrooms and a hall used for programs, plays, dances, basketball, and overflow for the chapel.
As I started thinking about all the buildings I remember in my life, I realize several buildings bring back many memories. I remember church meetings, songs being sung, plays, dances, weddings, funerals, dinners, the people I knew, the weather like hot summer nights, all of the people at my sister's and my mother's funerals.
Writing about the buildings you remember from your life will trigger many memories for you. Record those memories to add more to your life story.
