1. So you guys know that “ValiantRaptor47” is my brother. Well here’s something fun he told me as a 7 year old. When I was younger he had said that Abraham Lincoln and George Washington went hunting together, and George Washington accidentally shot Abraham Lincoln thinking he was a Moose. Yup, our history lover told me that. He just never mentioned it was a “Joke” so I was stuck believing that for a full year. But, in his defense, he was really young, and kids at school had told him that.

2. I used to believe that my stuffed animals were alive, and so I would try and talk to them and keep them happy with me, because I feared if I stopped playing with them, they’d execute me. For over a full year, I could not sleep at night because I had lost interest in them, and I expected to be dead by morning.

3. For the longest time I thought a country and a continent were the same thing. And by a long time, I mean until last year.

4. I used to think you could have a baby just by kissing someone (Didn’t we all?)

5. I used to think blood was red because ladybugs were inside my body and...I don’t really know why I believed this one...

6. I used to think that when I’d died, I’d reincarnate into my cat. :/

7. And last, but not least, I always thought that my teachers were robots who never left

the school, and just powered-off every night. Thank god I still don’t think that XD

When I was little, I believed everything. That is to say, I clung to the good things so the bad ones wouldn't hurt so much.

I believed in this gorgeous, sweet-smelling tooth fairy that collected only my teeth and built a castle out of them; she would brag to all the other tooth fairies about my great teeth.

I believed that there was nothing in the world that a sprinkly donut and some strawberry milk couldn't fix.

My cousin and I were best friends (still are), and I believed that nothing bad could ever happen to us. We had the most beautiful imaginations, and we never even needed toys to enter our imaginary world. I miss it.

I believed that my 100 stuffed animals had 'people hearts', so I told them stories, apologized for leaving the bed for school everyday, cried when they got torn or ripped, and gave them all kisses before bed.

I believed that the stars were made to hold people's secrets and hopes and dreams, and that they would release them right when you needed them back. I still tell my favorite star secrets, by habit.

Books were always my hiding place. I believed that they could protect me, take me away to a different world so I would never have to come back.

I believed that a vampire lived in my closet and waited til night to bite me. And I believed that darkness itself was a villain. I still sleep with the closet light on sometimes.

I believed that people were good, that I could take a walk and feel safe.

I believed that flowers had feelings. So I would pet them and whisper sweet things about what a great job they were doing at growing, and that they were beautiful just the way they were.

I thought that men only had mustaches if they had grandchildren...that way, children would always be able to find a grandpa if they needed help.

I believed everything that Disney movies said. Love made everything perfect.

I had an endless supply of invisible friends that were sweet and fun, the way I imagined that all real friends were.

My dad could do anything. He was the coolest, best person in the world to me.

I believed that my life was actually a movie with secret cameras, so I would pretend to be interesting and adventurous for the movie.

I had a plan in case I had to run away sometime, to get to Disneyland and live with the frogs on lilypads inside my favorite ride, Splash Mountain.

I never wanted a normal job, because I believed I would get tired of it fast. And I didn't want to get married or have kids because I wanted to be like Indiana Jones (still do).

I believed that being older would make everything better. I thought that older people had the most fun.

When I was little, I believed that babies were created through prayers to God. I never really asked my parents where they came from, because I had always heard my mom say that she "Prayed for a baby girl, and then I was born," so my little brain logic thought, that's how babies are made. Of course, I was up for a rude awakening when I officially found out (about age 11) the exact process, and had to put two and two together. I found out at school, health class, my mother had no idea that I had made such an assumption, and was waiting for when I'd actually ask about it, or when I'd start to show signs of needing to know so she could have "the talk". I think she was a tad sad that school beat her to it for the most part, but it was a nice segue for her to fill in the gaps that schools usually left in that area.

So we all know how oranges are easy to peel and come apart as though they were sliced. Well little me thought that somone went and cut the oranges on the inside and then put the peel of it back on. Then they sold it at the store.

I also was terrified of the baptismal at the back of my church. They had a covering over it whenever I saw it, so all I saw was two sets of stairs leading down into darkness. So my imaginative litte mind thought that if i stood on the cover then I would fall into an endless abyss.(This thing is less then 3 feet deep) So even now that child part of me gets overexcited and sends warning signals whenever I stand on it. (Mostly to move things on top of it such as Xmas trees)

After watching Toy Story I thought that toys really could come to life. I went to my basement, alone (I know scary I could only bring myself to sit on the steps) and then I talked to my toys telling tht it was okay if they came to life in front of me becuase I already knew their secret.

As early as 1956, I believed I saw the President of the United States on TV.

I found out I was wrong. The man I saw was introducing Adlai Stevenson,

Demorcratoc candidate for president. The man who did

the introduction was thenVice-Presedentail candidate: John F. Kennedy.

On to more spectacular things I believed:

That George Reeves could really fly.

That Curly always did get poked in the eyes.

That Larry grew his hair back magically.

That the Lone Ranger had a thing for Tonto.

That the JFK and Marilyn Monroe deaths

were a government conspiracy, and still believe that to this day.

Snoopy could really fly a plane.

That real Beetles sang “I Want To Hold Your Hand.”

That Lassie was a boy dog.

That M & M’s stood for Mickey & Minnie (Mouse).

Lastly, that all men are created equal.

Were that the case, we would all look the same.

I believed that 5’5” was tall

I believed that the best kind of pineapples were the rings you can get in a can and grill

I believed that someday, I could be the president and save the world

I believed in four leafed clovers and black cats

I believed in myself

I believed that if I spent my recess making rock soup, grass pasta, and dandelion salad, I could be the queen chef of the playground

I believed that just by putting on a smile, I could make anyone like me

I believed that moving just meant more friends not less

I believed that I would be rich one day and own my own island

I believed that

if I gave the world what it wanted,

I’d get what I wanted back

I guess the only thing I believed then that is true now, is that pineapple rings in a can are still the best kind of pineapple

When I was a kid, I thought that reflections were doorways to another world, in a multi-verse sort of way were everything was pretty much the same. I believed that when I put on sunglasses, I turned into my counterpart, Evla. Once I even thought I got stuck in that world and had to get back. My brother was not happy when I called him (his name)la.

1. I was an avid reading as a child, I began learning to read at only 2 and by 4 years old, I was reading on a 2nd grade level. So anyway, I believed that when you read a book, like Harry Potter, you were sucked into the book and couldn’t leave till you at least finished the chapter you were reading.

2. I was terrified that sharks would come up the drain and eat me if I unplugged the drain while taking a bath.

3. Bloody Mary. When I first heard the story, in my mind it twisted it completely so I refused to go near the bathroom unless the light was on and I refused to be around any mirrors.

4. If I didn’t go into town for a while, I would forget other people exist and I would think everyone turned into zombies.

5. I didn’t think anyone wrote books (even when my teachers taught me what authors were), I just assumed they appeared out of thin air.

6. I didn't know librarians LEFT the library. I thought they lived there! And I still can't convince myself that they leave libraries. The thought of them leaving the library never even occurred to me until like 2 days ago when a librarian came into the store I work at.

When I was younger, I had heard about the tooth fairy from my friends and was dying to loose my first tooth so that she would visit me. As you can imagine I was overjoyed when I found out that one of my teeth was loose. I waited and waited for it to fall out but it seemed to take forever (actually it was just a week or so). Then, one day I looked in the mirror and realized that it was gone. I hadn't noticed I had lost until that point and I found out the terribly sad truth that I had accidentally swallowed it. I cried for hours and my dad, desperately trying to console me (more like trying to get me to shut up) made up some far fetched story that kind of went like this: "When I was younger, I also swallowed my tooth and was very sad. But the tooth fairy can do anything, so she went down my throat and fetched the tooth from my stomach. I'm sure she'll be able to get your tooth too!" I actually believed him - that the tooth fairy could fit down someone's esophagus without choking them and survive the high levels of acidity of stomach acid. I think my dad didn't realize he was telling this to a six-year-old. I was terrified at that story and instead of being comforted I was even more upset at the thought. I think I was kind of relieved when I figured out that the tooth fairy wasn't real and that it was my parents the whole time. So that's my wild childhood belief. (Please see prompt.)

when i was little

i saw you,

members of my familiy,

i saw you as

failures.

see i remember on my tenth birthday

i told you i wasn’t gonna be

the way you are.

and you said that

if i say so, i will become

even worse,

you said to the ten year old me

that she was gonna be chain smoker.

see people don’t understand

why i’ve never touched a cigarette or got drunk

with twenty. i’m not cool.

they don’t understand that i fight against my tendencies

because no, i won’t prove you right.

they don’t understand that

i stay away from edges ’cause i know i’d trip.

when i was little

i believed that it was gonna be

the easiest thing in the world

to create myself a better life

than you have.