"Oh yes, that's the night I was abducted by aliens."
It was made as an adjunct to my story I used to tell the kids about when I was abducted into a space ship. When they would question me, I would just say, "shhhhh, no one can know..." in a conspiratorial voice, then walk out of their room and turn out their lights. Sometimes child abuse can take such a fun turn, dont'cha know. Anyway, in spite of the fact that they grew up and left me to entertain just myself and a cute dog who believes in my stories completely, this was one of my favorites. So much that I made the quilt about my night in the starship and tried to include every scene from every 'B' movie I have ever seen. It is basically divided into quadrants with the upper right being the space aliens I met, and the lower right is the swamp (because abductions always take place near swamps) The upper left is all celestial and things in the sky, while the lower left is a country road with the lights on the car out. Scary stuff. But I survived and lived to tell about it. And the kids don't even ask me about it any longer.I had it out looking for a place to hang it for Open Studio in a few weeks but decided not to this time. These are new people and if I had more faith in their 'acceptance' I wouldn't be so reticent on sharing my history! It's available if you want to scare somebody in your life. (Story is for children over 10, please!)
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Why didn't I think of that? I used to tell my kids that the Barbie came alive at night and had parties, then after they were asleep I would position them (the Barbies, not the kids) all over the house in party places. Not as cool as space aliens, but I had them convinced for a while.
Kathy
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