Eeek(!!!)

I looked over at my daughter as she slid down backwards in the slide, very slowly. A loud, scratching noise was accompanying her sliding. Was she holding something in her left hand? Surely, that had to be making the scratching, it was so loud. It sounded like a screw or something on the wooden slide. As I look more closely, I see lines on the slide. Whatever she is holding truly is scratching the wooden slide, leaving obvious marks. Where did she get something solid enough to leave marks like that? Something that must be dangerous for her to have, if it’s leaving marks at all on the wood…

As I look even more closely, I can see it. And very clearly. What is she holding?

Not a thing.

Sure enough, her nails are digging into the slide and she is letting them scratch the whole time, willingly.

Did that make your ears ache and your skin crawl? Just the memory does it to me, but it was beyond belief in person… it totally freaked me out and had me panicking about her nails and making sure they wouldn’t rip off other fingers. It was both scary for that and disturbing for the sound. Ugh(!).

Post-a-day 2026