Well, hello, everyone. I'm James Dobson, and you're listening to Family Talk, a listener-supported ministry.

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Well, hello, everyone, I'm Dr. James Dobson. As we approach Father's Day, which is this Sunday, a couple of days from now, I thought it would be appropriate to talk about memories, memories that were created during our childhood, yours and mine. And I'm fascinated by how the human mind works. If your stored

experiences were warm and loving, they're probably precious to you. You can look back and almost

relive them. But if you were neglected or abused as a child, or you never had a father,

or you had a mother who hated you, there are dark clouds lingering in what one popular song

referred to as the backroads of my mind. But we want to focus today on the happy memories that remain. One of God's

richest blessings to me has been the memories that are almost all warm and positive because I had

such a happy childhood. I've been also given a vivid memory which works something like a video recorder capturing the highlights,

and they began very early.

For example, one of my earliest recollections occurred when I must have been 18 months of age or earlier because I was in a bassinet.

And I was lying there and a woman, an older woman, came and looked over at me and smiled.

She turned out to be my great grandmother. Her name to us was Nanny. And I remember

her leaning over and attending to me and talking to me. There were strands of yarn hanging down

where I was, and on the bottom of each of them was a furry ball.

And I remember that vividly.

And again, that was confirmed by my great grandmother later.

I went on to love her.

She lived to be 99 years of age.

And we had a wonderful relationship.

I have many memories of nanny, and that was one of my earliest.

Believe it or not, I even remembered the smell of pablum.

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