I Was Young OnceAnd then I got over it.
"Daddy! Daddy! Will you always be there for me?"
"Of course I will honey, I love you. And I'll always protect you."
I loved my father, *Carl, more than anything in the world.
I had lots of friends in Moonlight Falls, like Sarah. She was the paper girl, and I thought she was the coolest thing in the world. She delivers the paper! We were best friends.
My father was always a real good sport. Many a bucket of water was dumped on his head.
Mom wasn't big on kids. But Mom loved Dad. And Dad loved kids. So she did it for him. He did the most of the parenting, and I knew that somewhere, Mother loved me.
I haven't always been the perfect image of propriety. I played many pranks.
One day dad caught me, but he let me off easy. I didn't do it again, for a little while.
Couple weeks off my Teen birthday, we got a sprinkler. I didn't realize he was hungry, honest.
He said, "Okay, kiddo. Let's go in." Then he sort of, fell over. He moaned a little bit then stopped. A figure showed up, shrouded with shadow. I couldn't bring myself to look, but I heard a booming voice. I was too scared to understand what he said.
*Same as what was said about Pam