Because we moved continuously throughout my childhood, I have very few reference points to hang memories on.

I have 'snapshots' that my mother told me were when I about 2½ or 3, but no memories before 2+ that I can identify. I remember going to San Diego by train in summer 1942 when I was barely 3 and going to the zoo there with my grandfather. And I remember a train trip to Kansas City which must have been the Fall/Winter before where a soldier (1941-42, remember) did a trick of smoking a cigarette down a ways, then holding the lit cigarette with the tip of his tongue and folding it back inside his mouth! That is the earliest documented time I can identify. I have photos of many of the places I remember from travels...both before & after my memories. Planning to scan and organize a bunch of then this year......if I don't forget....