Uncle Roger's Notebooks of Daily Life

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Jared has developed a minor fear of cars. Mostly, it seems to be a catch-all for whatever might scare him, these days. I think it has come about because of my caution in parking lots and and near streets. I, however, also have a fear of cars.

Jared's car seat is on the driver's side. To get him in, I have to take him into the street and help him up into the Rover. That much doesn't worry me, even when it's a very busy street. What worries me is a product of my overactive imagination.

I see myself about to close the door as a car speeds by, too close, and takes me out while Jared looks on. I can just see him there, strapped in, alone, having seen his dad get clobbered by a car. That, to me, is terrifying.

Journal Description

My life is, to me, ripe with frequent challenges, occasional successes, spontaneous laughter, adequate tears, and enough *life* to last me a lifetime. To you, however, it surely seems most pedestrian. And therefore, I recycle the name I used previously and call this my Notebooks of Daily Life. Daily, because it's everyday in nature, ordinary. These conglomeration of events that are my life are of interest to me because I live it, perhaps mildly so to those who are touched by it, and could only be of perverse, morbid curiosity to anyone else. Yet, I offer them here nonetheless. Make of them what you will, and perhaps you can learn from my mistakes.

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