Childhood memories/lessons.

I have two that I'll write about.

The first is set during Christmas in the mid 80's. Transformers was the biggest thing in the world, at least to me. That morning, I'd received the greatest present Santa could've ever brought me, OPTIMUS PRIME! It was so awesome. I'm pretty sure I played with it all day. The next morning I woke up to find Optimus was missing a leg. I couldn't understand what had happened. When I asked my mom what happened, she explained that I'd left it on the living room floor the night before. When my dad woke up in the middle of the night to put more wood in the fireplace, he'd stepped on it and broken the leg off. To teach me the lesson that I shouldn't leave my toys in the floor and that I should take better care of my things, they said they weren't going to buy me another one and that I'd have to play with the broken one. Now I appreciate the fact that they used that as an opportunity to teach me a lesson, but it really sucked at the time. I also learned that toy money didn't grow on trees. To end this story with a happy note, I recently found a 25th anniversary commerative edition Optimus Prime at Walmart for $70. But there was no way I was going to pay that much. So I waited. 2 weeks ago, my wife found it on the clearance isle for $35. She called and asked if I wanted it and of course I said yes. So 25 years later, I now have a fully functional Optimus Prime that is in one peice. And I promise you that it will NEVER touch the floor!

The second is a good memory. Really simple one too. It was late August of '83 and the morning after my little brother was born. I'd spent the night with my grandparents while my mom and dad were at the hospital. That morning my dad picked me up and took me home and made me lunch. My dad is a "traditionalist" so this was a big deal. It doesn't take alot of effort to open a can of ravioli and warm it up on the stove, but it's still special because that's one of the few "me and dad" times I can remember since my dad worked nights and slept during the day.

i also outlined one of my other early memories/lessons in the "stupid ways of hurting yourself" thread if anyone is interested. much better story.

Jam it back in, in the dark.