January 07, 2006
Childhood Paradise Meme
Children in Paradise Tiny Wahine, Hilo Ho'olaulea 9-2004
I got this meme from
Steve at Careful Thought My life as a child (under 15) in 50 words or less: Troubled... Solitary.I played alone pretty much. Read in my room with the door closed. Would go outside and sit quietly and wait for birds to come near me so I could watch them. Being a part of the natural would kept me connected and sane.
Where were you a kid? Downey, California Home of the Apollo Space Program, the Space Shuttle, and Karen and Richard Carpenter
Given the choice, were you barefoot or shoed? Barefoot, even now.
Did you have a pet? Yes a female Korat kitty named Smokey, assorted hamsters, fish. Never had a dog
Best Subject in School Reading, History
Worst Subject in School math spelling penmanship
Joiner of Loner loner
Who was your best friend? I met up with a school friend on a job in 1998. She wasn't my best friend, I don't think I even had a best friend, but she remembered me.
Were you a city kid or a country kid? City kid all the way.
Stupidest thing you did before the age of 15: I walked home from school taking a short cut through an area of abandoned warehouses, along a railroad track, I was chased by a man who meant me no good, but escaped unharmed.
Do you know how to play Kick the Can? Of course.
What else did you play in groups? We had a group of kids on our block for a time, and we'd play hide and seek, but mostly I kept to myself.
Worst injury? At 12, my 11 year old brother, in a blind rage that I defied his wish to get into my stuff, picked up a heavy magnet he'd pried off an old stereo speaker and threw it at me, hitting me in the face. It shattered my glasses, and glass lodged in my eyes which had to be removed by a surgeon. My nose was broken at the bridge, I still have a scar there. Had the impact been a bit higher, the blow could have killed me or caused brain damage. This was at church, at the youth night gathering and I can remember the youth pastor yelling at my brother that " he could have killed me" and my brother replying that "he wished I was dead as I caused him too many problems" My Mother came and took me to ER all the while telling me not to tell my Father how this happened as she wasn't sure how my Father would handle it and feared for my brothers safety. Obviously my safety wasnt a concern.
Do you agree with Bob Seger's line in Against the Wind, "I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then"? Sometimes, but mostly no. I wish I knew then what I know now, that God loved me and really cared. As I was growing up I really didnt think that was true...
Who to tag? I will leave that to you all
