Some life events have a long-term impact on how we feel. They shape our personality and the way we see our surroundings. Even if these memories are difficult or unpleasant, they help us become more resilient, stronger, and teach us crucial lessons that we will remember for the rest of our lives.

One user wrote her story. When I was six years old, my mother took me to this dark and spooky mansion in secret. They had large crimson velvet sofas. I remember waking up several times in the arms of a large, bearded man.

Years later, my life was devastated when I learned she was driving me to my grandparents’ house. This man was my grandfather, who died shortly afterward. My father had forbidden my mother from seeing her parents, so she did it in secret. I wish my grandfather was here now so I could embrace him back.