Scary Things 1
The first really scary thing that happened in my life was when I was 10 years old. In my growing up years, kids could pretty much go off and do whatever they wanted as long as they were home by dinner. I'm sure bad things happened to kids back then, as they do now, but parents were really busy--dad's worked and mom's didn't have all the wonderful appliances we do now. And they expected us to use our heads and stay out of trouble. One day I came home at dinner time and no one was home. Lights were on, and the front door unlocked. The car was gone. Neither my mom, dad nor my 5 year old sister were there. Steaks were cooking in the broiler. And...there was blood on the floor and in the sink! I ran outside and up the hill to a neighbor whose husband was a police officer, and told her what was happening. She ran with me back to the house and immediately turned off the oven. She took one look around and decided someone had been murdered. Imagine how I fe...