I scoop a clattering cascade of green apple Jelly Bellys into the white paper bag and remember when we were seven. I got stung by a jellyfish. Tim cried because his mother, and mine, wouldn’t let him pee on my leg, which he’d heard was an antidote to the sting. Huntley Fitzpatrick
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When you are young, you are easily tricked into believing that you are invincible. You don’t see the consequences of your actions until it’s too late. It is an unfortunate truth that children are often too trusting. This is not always the case, but the world puts children in a position to be vulnerable to people who would exploit them for their own gain.

This quote is speaking to how dangerous this can be. The jellyfish stinger was the first time I realized that people could do terrible things to me without being punished. When I got stung, I considered myself to have been hurt, but Tim’s reaction reminded me that my happiness could also be taken away at any moment.

Source: My Life Next Door

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