My poor dad if only he had known.
There are a few events from my childhood that should have been a warning that something wasn’t right with me, I would grow up to be a writer. Here’s one of them.
When I was eight I spent hours one summer afternoon throwing a tennis ball against the garage door. It seemed innocent enough, but I was systematically not using a finger as I threw the ball. I started with my thumb, btw it is very hard to throw and catch a ball not using your thumb, then pointer finger, middle, ring, and finally my cute little pinkie finger.
As I tested each finger I would hold it up and see how well I could throw and catch the ball without using it.
The point? I wanted to see if I had to lose a finger which one would be the easiest to live without. At the time it was the middle finger, but I was young and innocent than and didn’t realize how important the middle finger really is for an adult.
So what about you? What strange things did you do as a child? Did you tell anyone? I never did, I assumed every one did these things so it wasn’t worth talking about. If only my parents had known, I could have gotten professional help LOL!
I taught one of my cats to do a backflip. Every time I’d see the cat I’d grab him around the middle and turn him around backwards. Poor cat! Then, one day, I saw him standing perfectly still in the middle of the lawn when…he did a back flip! He just flipped around and then walked off. I was super excited, but no one else saw it and, honestly, no one believed it. Oh, well!
That is so cool- I can’t imagine being about to teach a cat to do anything.