Day 24 – 2018 AWAC

The 2018 August Write Away Challenge

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• Day 1 – What book did you read over and over again as a child?
• Day 2 – Some of the things that make me happy are…
• Day 3 – Name three things you’d do if you weren’t so afraid.
• Day 4 – How easy is it for you to forgive those who have caused you pain?
• Day 5 – What are your best character traits?
• Day 6 – What grand adventure do you wish you could go on?
• Day 7 – Dear past me…
• Day 8 – If you could meet any fictional character, who would it be?
• Day 9 – Your favorite movies.
• Day 10 – Did you ever run away from home?
• Day 11 – How do you indulge yourself? Do you need to indulge yourself more often?
• Day 12 – As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
• Day 13 – What would you do if money was no object?
• Day 14 – What one thing caught you off guard this week?
• Day 15 – The most terrifying moment of my life was…
• Day 16 – Do you have a plan? Do you need a plan? Have you had a plan fall spectacularly to pieces?
• Day 17 – What would you do if you knew you could not fail?
• Day 18 – How do you think others see you when they meet you for the first time?
• Day 19 – What is your most vivid memory of the kitchen from your childhood?
• Day 20 – Describe yourself in one word.
• Day 21 – Dear Future Me…
• Day 22 – What was your favorite subject in school?
• Day 23 – What are you looking forward to the most?

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Fri, Aug. 24 – What was your favorite toy as a child?

I had a raggedy old Humpty Dumpty stuffed toy as a child, and I think he was my absolutely favorite. He had a wind-up music box on his back that played “the Humpty Dumpty song,” and every night I would wind it up as far as it would go, snuggle it up against my face, and fall asleep to the metallic tune. When the last chime sounded, I was often startled awake, re-wind the box, and start all over.

Humpty had two sewn-on buttons for eyes and a mouth embroidered with black thread. He also had hair. Yes — believe it or not, my Humpty Dumpty doll had hair. Three strands, I believe, of yellow yarn that somehow only suffered a bit of dirt and fade over the years, though the eyes and mouth and music box seemed in constant need of repair.

I don’t remember where he came from, though it seems he may have been a gift from either my mother or her mother. Either way, he was one of the best gifts I’d ever received; he was certainly my favorite toy — and still sits on my bookshelf, hoping not to fall to pieces the nursery rhyme predicts.

Happy AWACing!

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