- Random childhood memories from age 2 through 12.
- My Uncle bringing a saucer of newborn mice to his cat and watching his cat eat the little hairless mice. They screamed a little.
- Getting in trouble for giving my Haircut Barbie a bob as soon as I got it out of the box. My Mom says I should have enjoyed it more and only cut her hair little by little.
- Walking into my Uncle’s room to discover that he had tied up a fruit bat. Then he took his cigarette and burned the bat’s crotch. It screamed too. (This is a different uncle than the cat feeder.)
- Carrying a screaming, kicking, biting cousin Michael to his Dad after he tried to kill Chabet with a frisbee.
- Showing Ciena how to put make-up on.
- In 6th grade, thinking that short people were weird looking and then not growing anymore myself after that year.
- Carrying my first puppy in a plastic bag (only his lower half was in the bag) and then the puppy pooping in the bag. So that’s what that bag was for.
- Reaching for a bottle of milk on the counter but accidently pulling a bucket of water to fall on my head. This was when I was getting weaned off the bottle. I wonder if my parents set a trap for me..
- Getting the shapes triangle and rectangle mixed up in grade 1 and still getting them mixed up even now.
- Lying face down on a table to get paddled by my teacher because I did not memorize my poem. But then getting let off and given a present instead because it was my 7th birthday. Some of my classmates were mad.
- Getting the award for Nicest child every year, and my Mom encouraging me to get the “Pretties & Smartest” instead. Hehe, ya right. My teacher says I needed to eat more tomatoes to make my skin smooth. I think my brother always got “Most Nice” too.
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