I have so many fears that I amaze myself with my ability to shuffle them to the back of my head when I try to sleep at night. Some of the biggies:
1. My children will die before me.
2. My children will die a horrible death before me.
3. I will die before my children are adults.
4. I will never get to meet my grandchildren.
5. My children will give me grandchildren before an ideal age.
6. My husband and I will divorce, putting my children through hell.
7. Terrorists will harm people I know and love and hold dear in my heart.
8. Terrorists will continue to harm people I don’t know.
9. I will die a horrible death.
10. Global warming.
Oh, my, but isn’t that a frickin’ ray of sunshine and hope for all the people to read. Sorry. Now, I’m going to go and cry. You can check out others’ fears at Ten on Tuesday.
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1. My children will die before me.
2. My children will die a horrible death before me.
3. I will die before my children are adults.
4. I will never get to meet my grandchildren.
5. My children will give me grandchildren before an ideal age.
6. My husband and I will divorce, putting my children through hell.
7. Terrorists will harm people I know and love and hold dear in my heart.
8. Terrorists will continue to harm people I don’t know.
9. I will die a horrible death.
10. Global warming.
Oh, my, but isn’t that a frickin’ ray of sunshine and hope for all the people to read. Sorry. Now, I’m going to go and cry. You can check out others’ fears at Ten on Tuesday.
[And don’t forget to play another round of Jump One, Jump Twosday. Click here or scroll to the next post.]
11 comments:
For the love of God.
Is it halloween yet?! :D
(Those are legitimate fears, of course. I just got a big scare.)
I've had all of those fears at various intervals of my life. One of 'em - the divorce thing - happened too. But after I was diagnosed with cancer 4 years ago this past March, I put things into perspective and somehow was able to push many of those things out of my mind, or way to the rear anyway. But then too, by that time, I already had one grandchild, a second on the way then, my kids were grown then too and I was 59 years old. It does take a while to get those things to stop surfacing is what I learned over the years. What will be, will be - you can only prepare so much and then you just have to let it go but never let a day go by that you don't hug, kiss your kids, spouse and let everyone around you know how you really do feel about them. That way, there's at least a big lessening of the guilt potential.
Oh dear!!! I love what Jeni said... "What will be will be" We can expend our energy consumed with fear, or we can take life one day at a time and use that energy on the ones we love!
(Then I started thinking about what ten things I worry about, hmmm, scary! LOL)
Yep, those are biggies. All things I worry about as well.
A few people I know have suffered great losses lately, and unfortunately, this has helped me also to put things into perspective.
I certainly worry about every one of those things as well.
Gulp. Wow, ditto.
This is why I drink Nyquil at bedtime.
You just listed all (except the divorce part, already had my first *die* on me waaah) my fears! I am going to go hide under the covers too!
On the positive side, the rest of your list makes global warming seem not so bad.
i usually do ten for tuesday but couldn't bring myself to doing this one. i'm not a worrier by trait but, of course, have certain worries. a lot of them expressed by you regarding your children.
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