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How My Children Almost Die Every Morning.

Melissa Beene Ford/ Uncategorized

On our way to school every morning, we pass a big cemetery.

And everybody knows, when you pass a cemetery, you hold your breath.

Lest you breathe in a ghost.

At least, I suppose that’s the reason.

Sometimes we get caught by the traffic light there beside the cemetery, and it’s almost more than their little lungs can withstand.

But then the light turns red, and my children suck in huge, noisy, gasping lungs-full of air much like Wesley and Princess Buttercup after they came crawling out of the quicksand in the Fireswamp, and I, too, breathe a little easier.

We didn’t breathe in any ghosts, and my children didn’t suffocate. All’s well that ends well.

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  1. MTaylor says

    September 17, 2011 at 12:32 am

    Wow! Most people just don't whistle! You guys don't breath at all! Impressive! 🙂

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  2. Betsy says

    September 17, 2011 at 4:14 am

    no, you're not supposed to whistle after DARK. duh.

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  3. Mimi in Texas says

    September 17, 2011 at 11:03 am

    and to think I've been breathing in all these years….I'll stop now…YIKES! ha!

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