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The most important experiences in my life ~ The Beginning

April 26, 2012, Thursday, Day 26 ~ 30-Day Blogging Challenge prompt is "Describe a life experience so important to you it deserves to be told over multiple entries." THURSDAY APRIL 26 --- No 1 -- Beginning.

I was born on December 24, 1946 about eleven minutes before midnight. I missed being a Christmas baby by eleven minutes. My conception occurred approximately nine months before my nativity. If my conception had occurred eleven minutes later, I would have been born on Christmas. One of my regrets is that I never thanked my parents for this blessing.

When I was growing up, I thought being born on Christmas Eve was one of the worst things that could have happened to me. I was not. It was bad, but being born on Christmas Day would have been worse. As it was, I never got to open a birthday present by myself. When I opened, my birthday presents each of my siblings got to open a one of their Christmas presents. I always resented this and I probably still resent it on some level; however, at 65 there are other things more important then being born on either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. At least, that is what I try to tell myself.

I do not remember anything about my birth. I remember Mom telling me about it. I know I was born in a hospital. I know I was a bottle fed baby. I know that my Grandfather ask if I crossed my legs at my ankles (I think this had something to do with my Mother’s birth).

My birth in the hospital in Blackwell, Oklahoma, on December 24, 1946 was the second most important day in my life. The most important day in my life occurred nine months before at my conception. I do not remember either of these events and you would think a person would remember two of the most important days in their lives, but for obvious reasons I do not remember these events.

Why, you might ask, was the day of my conception the most important day of my life? Because of my conception as an embryo I and my birth, I have reached the state of maturity (a state I sometimes question) and wisdom (there are times when I wonder if I am wise) I have achieved today. In addition, the other important days or rather experiences of my life would never have occurred.

The next two entries will cover the other important experiences in my life.

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