The first time any family member of mine died I was 6. My parents said that we had to go to a "wake" so when we got there, I went an kneeled on the pew and quietly at first said..."Uncle Joe, wake up." When he didn't, I started yelling, and got up and shook him. I was trying to "wake" him up.
A childhood belief about people
others believed things like this
- when i was young i used to believe a wake was when you waited for the dead person to wake upAnon
- I thought that when you died, you had 2 weeks to be dead then you would magically wake up again, but as a babyAnon
- I used to think that "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" went: "Wake Me Up Before It's Over"Anon
- I used to believe that my toys would wake up when I went to sleep, and would play by themselves.Anon
- I used to believe that if I fell asleep in the bathtub I would wake up in the sea.— Brenda
- I was convinced that thunder and lightning could wake up volcanos.— leticia