Me? Writing stories.
2007-06-08
10:36:10
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Have you ever had a silly fear of something? A childish one, like the fear of the old man on the front of a Quaker Oatmeal box, or losing sleep due to the Boogeyman in your closet? You are not alone. I, too, had a wild phobia. One only a child’s imagination could create. Being sucked down the drain.
I guess you could have called me the smelliest kid in the 3rd grade. My huge fear of being swallowed by a bathtub drain frightened me to the point where I did not bathe. With the help of the family psychiatrist, this fear was finally forgotten, like a grinning, old Barbie under a teen’s dusty bed. Unlike the Barbie doll, my memory will never chase away the vivid recollection of the day my phobia was renewed. Fog filled the large, clean mirror of my bathroom. Lightly fragranced bubbles covered the surface of the scalding hot bathwater like sea foam. With a frosted plastic cup, I rinsed the last of my conditioner out of my chestnut-brown hair. My bath was coming to an end. I unplugged my dra
2007-06-08
10:50:52 ·
update #1
SHoot! It's too long. I will email it to you.
2007-06-08
10:55:49 ·
update #2