dking777
Senior Registered
The whole "Jolly Green Giant" jokes wore thin after a short amount of time. I was the tallest kid in my class after that. Took all the rest of them awhile to catch up to me. Because of the reaction I received after that at school and all the questions being thrown at me I swore out a vow of silence. I didn't know how to explain my medical condition. It had been a 'family secret' for years. The only way I could keep that medical condition a secret - was to keep my mouth closed, which I did.
One day I was a boy and quite literally, the next day I was a young man. I got a job and a few months later, I was earning more money than both my parents combined. My income was paying the bills, keeping a roof over my families head, and putting food on the table.
Years later at the age of 18, I still looked like I did the day I got out of bed at the age of 15. When I was 28, people were still telling me I didn't look a day over 15. When people asked me why I would tell them,
"When I was 15, I was touched by the hand of God - and his touch put a freeze on me that hasn't thawed out."
The Doctors had told my family that nothing short of a miracle would keep me alive though my adolescence stage. My family started praying for that miracle when I was very young. When I was 15, that miracle came to pass. My parents and friends knew enough not to ridicule or mock the handy work of a divine hand. I made that vow of silence to keep from telling them anything that would cause them any harm when they crossed over to the other side. Because there on the other side, I knew they would come to know the truth of what happened to cause me to grow like I did. I didn't want my classmates looking back on that period in their lives and regretting their ridicule, teasing and mockery. In the end, I felt they would look back on it in eternity and thank me for the 'vow of silence' I had taken on - and understand why I chose to keep to myself during that hibernation period when I slept with the polar bears.
Oh yeah, I can recall my favorite class in High School. Study hall. I didn't have to worry about teachers dropping books by my desk to wake me from my slumber. That desk was my favorite bed in High School.
Sincerely,
DKing
One day I was a boy and quite literally, the next day I was a young man. I got a job and a few months later, I was earning more money than both my parents combined. My income was paying the bills, keeping a roof over my families head, and putting food on the table.
Years later at the age of 18, I still looked like I did the day I got out of bed at the age of 15. When I was 28, people were still telling me I didn't look a day over 15. When people asked me why I would tell them,
"When I was 15, I was touched by the hand of God - and his touch put a freeze on me that hasn't thawed out."
The Doctors had told my family that nothing short of a miracle would keep me alive though my adolescence stage. My family started praying for that miracle when I was very young. When I was 15, that miracle came to pass. My parents and friends knew enough not to ridicule or mock the handy work of a divine hand. I made that vow of silence to keep from telling them anything that would cause them any harm when they crossed over to the other side. Because there on the other side, I knew they would come to know the truth of what happened to cause me to grow like I did. I didn't want my classmates looking back on that period in their lives and regretting their ridicule, teasing and mockery. In the end, I felt they would look back on it in eternity and thank me for the 'vow of silence' I had taken on - and understand why I chose to keep to myself during that hibernation period when I slept with the polar bears.
Oh yeah, I can recall my favorite class in High School. Study hall. I didn't have to worry about teachers dropping books by my desk to wake me from my slumber. That desk was my favorite bed in High School.
Sincerely,
DKing