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When I was very young, I went camping with my dad. I was excited because it was one of the first chances I'd had to go with my dad camping, and it was always fun to be with dad. That night, we had a big campfire, and the next morning the coals were still hot. There was another kid about my age who figured out that if you put weeds on the coals they would smolder and smoke. I thought that was a pretty cool idea, so I started doing that, too. But, I noticed that the smoke around the edge where I was seemed a little unsatisfactory. So I wanted to put the weeds out towards the middle, and walked out there to get closer.

I was not wearing any shoes.

My dad said it was the loudest screams he'd ever heard. The entire bottoms of both of my feet were one solid blister, and I couldn't walk for a couple of days.

Since then, I have learned not to walk out on hot coals without something protecting my feet.

You'd think I could learn this same lesson with every aspect of my life.

Alas.

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lillysmum said…
Sometimes it's hard to differentiate between being a risk taker and being an idiot, isn't it?
October 27, 2014 at 12:42 PM
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