The actions that make me feel the most nostalgic for my childhood are visiting places from my childhood, sorting through old, printed pictures at my mom's house, and playing video games that I used to share with my older brother.
When I was a child, my parents fought a lot. I don't remember the arguments in excruciating detail; only that they were very violent. Things got better for us after my mom left.
My dad has eight brothers and sisters, so family reunions for the Kenileys are always intense. Before my Uncle Marty passed, the entire family would throw huge barbecues at his house because he had a backyard pool. My papa would work the grill, while my cousins and I swam in the water until our fingers turned to prunes. Then we'd play Foosball in the basement until our parents dragged us out.
When I was a kid I had a few years where I had intense, out-of-the-blue nosebleeds. They would start out of no where, and blood would just continually pour from my nose for a good few hours before it would finally stop. Our family doctor excused it as allergies. Eventually I grew out of it.
I had unexplainable nosebleeds as a kid, too, usually at my grandparents' house in Oklahoma. But I've had one in years and years. I like your word choice of "intense" to describe your family gatherings--it says a lot.
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