Things That Shouldn't Be Scary.

• A person braiding someone else's hair in fast, distorted motion. White knuckles quick as spiders.
• Josh with a full beard.
• What I see out of the corner of my eye. 
• Pool toys that have sunk to the bottom.
• Dragonflies.
• Sunken boats in aquariums.
• Memories of giving birth.
• Staying overweight.
• People drinking.
• Not having a surface to write on.
• Certain extremely long books.
• The possibility that I am permanently no longer as smart as I was.
• Small gaps in my short-term memory.
• Chores to which I have a strong resistance that borders on fear.
• Mannequins (museums, not malls).
• The thought of teaching again.