Arr by Janneke Smit. Supplies:
Paper: K&Company, Cardstock: Bazzill
Basics Paper, Brads: Making Memories, Fonts:
Times New Roman, Benguiat Bk BT, Other: Aleene’s
Paper Glaze.
Journaling: Inspired by an episode of the Backyardigans you and
Larissa had been chasing each other for
weeks, yelling ARR! And this year for
Halloween you wanted to be a pirate.
It was actually the first time you wanted to
dress up. I showed you several pirate
costumes online and you picked one out; that
was the one you wanted! For weeks every
morning you asked “Is it Halloween yet?” A
few days before Halloween I let you try on
your costume and you liked it a lot, which
was promising.
Finally the big day had come. I brought you
to school at the usual time, 12 PM, with
your costume in a bag. In the afternoon
there would be a Halloween costume parade
for the parents. But after one hour I got a
call from school. You were hiding under a
desk, screaming “I am scared!” When I
arrived it was obvious you did not want to
wear your costume, let alone participate in
a parade. The harder the teachers had tried
to explain how much fun the parade would be,
the more anxious you had become. We went
home. Later in the afternoon you did want to
dress up and you went outside to play in the
tree house, as you call it.
I cannot help worrying about you sometimes,
Darren. There are many things you miss out
on because you are so anxious and afraid to
try new things. I do recognize this in me,
so I think I understand how you feel. I just
wished I could make it easier for you to
learn that life is all about change and that
if you are not willing to experience new
things, you miss out on all the fun things
in life as well. But perhaps it bothers me
more than it does you. After all you looked
so happy and handsome wearing you pirate
costume, just playing in our back yard.
