Things I am afraid of 07/15/11

From the creative writing prompts – list 20 things you are afraid of.  Pick one fear and write about it.

1. The dark

2. Tornados

3. Bad guys

4. What drugs do to people

5. Cancer

6.  Losing someone close to me

7. Dying

8. Being all alone

9. Failing

10. Being a bad parent

11. Being a bad wife

12. Not getting into nursing school

13. Not being able to succeed at nursing school

14. Getting old

15. Traveling alone

16. Losing my mind

17. Getting fired

18. Satan

19. Big vicious dogs

20. Never living up to my potential

With the tornado in Joplin being so recent, I think that is a very real fear of mine.  I am really thankful to have a basement.  We only have one bedroom down there.  When the forecast is calling for storms, we will usually all go sleep down there.  That way we don’t have to worry about waking up and taking cover.  I have not been to Joplin since the tornado but from what I have heard, being in a basement doesn’t give me as much of a security feeling as it used to.  I’m sure that it is safer than being upstairs but I think that kind of tornado could get you anywhere.  I hope that we never have to deal with that kind of destruction.  I have always been afraid of tornados.  The wizard of Oz used to scare me to death as a child.  Of course, I might be remembering being afraid of that bad witch or maybe even the munchkins.  I do remember that they always played it on TV in the spring when tornadoes were more likely.  I remember one time as a child that I woke up in the middle of the night and my family was taking cover but they left me in bed asleep!  My mom said they didn’t want to wake me up.  Seriously!  I guess that’s why we always sleep downstairs if there is a threat of a storm; I don’t want to get left behind again.