Me, well I was a weird kid. Odd things scared me. I think in part this was because I knew from an early age I was adopted and it set up an odd world view for me. On one side... I was chosen and that made me special. I used to tell people that picked on me about being adopted that my parents picked me...and your Mom and Dad got stuck with you.
On the other side of the coin, I knew that sometimes kids didn't stay with their original parents and since I liked mine, I worried that something could happen and I just might end up with a mean step sister like
But anyway, where was I? Yeah, so I used to watch these old Shirley Temple movies and in nearly every single one Shirley ends up either abandoned or orphaned and that little secret fear would come up. I started referring to her as The Child of Death.
From what I understand most kids are afraid of being abandoned so I guess I'm not that odd, but I still can't watch Shirley Temple movies without wanting to shudder a little bit.
I guess old insecurities die hard even if you think Animal Crackers is a cute song.
