My Lion, Witch and Wardrobe
Some call them triggers. Some call them red flags. Others say "when" points, as in, when God stops you so that you realize nothing is going to be the same. There are points in our lives the we are allowed to "see". We can look back on them in a moment with all freshness as if they happened yesterday. They stick in our minds like old habits. They are part of who we are. I was about 8 or 9 years old and I was literally hidding the first time I remember this happening to me. Looking back, I remember the feel of the room, the silence, the smells, everything. My world suddenly stopped and then...everything was different. It was minutes before my dad got home from work as I ran to his bedroom and climbed inside of the closet. The closet extended the entire length of the south side of my parents room. It didn't have any doors on it so I had to dig way in there if I didn't want to be seen. Oh, I was gonna get ...