Red Frederick
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Like mother, like...
Mom, To be honest, most times, I hate you. Surprisingly, that was the easiest thing to write. Because of you, I have locked away most of my childhood memories in a very dark place. There is nothing that I can dig up and say “Wow, so glad to remember this!”... It’s actually the opposite. You were never around anyway so it doesn’t really matter - that’s fine. You not being around made me popular anyway. My house was the free, fun house. We could have done whatever we wanted; made me cool, I guess.
By Red Frederick 5 years ago in Families
Absorbing the burn.
Growing up, I often heard the expressions: “Get fired up!”, “Find your spark”, “Bring the heat!”, "Let it burn!" and many others that implied that fire was a good attribute - used to motivate and energize. However, one of the most important cautions we all learnt as kids was… “DON’T PLAY WITH FIRE!”. You can imagine how that would be confusing. Was fire good or bad? Were there more to these underlying burning connotations?
By Red Frederick 5 years ago in Futurism
