When my son was 5 years old, his great uncle died. I told him we were going to "a wake" for Uncle Steve. Naturally when we arrived at the funeral home, my son was very upset when he couldn't "awake" Uncle Steve. It was very, very sad.
A childhood belief about people
others believed things like this
- When my favorite Uncle died, I thought if I stared at him in his coffin he would open his eyes and be alive.— Cindy
- my uncle was a doctor, so when he told me his vw could fly, i believed.— boodles
- Up until I was nine my uncle told me that the round bales of hay were cow eggs.— Fred
- My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft
- When I was little my uncle had a huge adams apple. He told me he'd swallowed a marble.— Stacey
- I had an uncle that told me that we had belly buttons for putting salt in while we ate celery in bed.— ainmama2001