Memories & Nostalgia

As we remember the birth of Dr. Seuss today, in the year 1904, I clearly remember the fun of reading his popular book, “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back“, which followed “The Cat in the Hat”.

We were still living in our home in Nixon/Edison, NJ, and I was old enough to read. One or perhaps two of my siblings had been born at that time. Being the oldest, I can remember helping with many things, like “potty training” and other “fun” things like that.

I have a specific memory of one such time when we were trying to teach one of my brothers or sisters using what was a small wooden seat with a hole in the middle, and a white plastic “catcher” to put it delicately under it…do you boomers remember those? I know, why remember something like that…moving right along…

I remember it was a very snowy day, and I was reading to my brother or sister as they sat, all about work to be done, pink rings in bathtubs, cats A, B and C, pink that grew and grew until the snow outside was completely pink as pink could be. What a fun book, fun memory, I can picture the day, it was cold and snowy outside, and I could just picture what it would be like if it were all pink.

Happy birthday to the late Dr. Seuss, and thanks for many wonderful memories, and happy books.