As he pondered as a young adult, soon to be a father of his own child, he found himself drifting further and further into a state of being half awake and half asleep. Then, suddenly, he was standing back in the main room.
Except this time, he wasn't listening to the usual quiet chatter of the chipmunks quibbling over which one has to go collect the seeds and nuts for the day's meals. The birds in the trees had stopped providing the background music Adam had grown accustomed to as he was outside in the garden. The small creek, a stone's throw from the house, stopped flowing as if some higher power had paused it. What was happening?
Adam could hear small murmurs around him, but nobody else was home. His mother was out gathering fruits and vegetables from the garden to make a midday snack for the both of them. Adam’s fiancé was with her family, preparing for the festivities in a few moons.
What was making that sound? Adam started to walk toward the door to see if someone was in the garden talking with his mother but could not move his feet. He looked down to the surprise that he didn't have feet. At least, what should have been his feet were the same as the boards he stood on. He should have been scared because this didn't feel like a dream, and he knew that he couldn't meld with the floorboards over the past few seconds randomly. He tried imagining that he could float over to the bedroom door since that is how he would move in his dreams where he felt stapled to the floor. That didn't work either.
Normal bedtime stories are fun and all, but imagine if you could tell whimsical bedtime stories to your children from the point of view of a character in the story without the need for the story to be written. How would you remember all the small details that make for an intriguing story, you ask? You teleport yourself into the mind of your character and experience their thoughts and feelings as the events unfold. If you woke up one day with the ability to experience any memory that will ever exist, past or future, what stories would you tell?
About the Author
Ray is a lifelong Idahoan who is still fairly new to Bonner County. He does his best to be a good person and treat others with kindness, generosity, and understanding because he strongly believes that you get back what you give to others. During the warmer months, he can be found spending time at the lake or walking through the mountains with his dog. You will find him inside with a blanket and a good book during the colder months because he is part of the coldblooded lizard people that secretly run the world and not-so-secretly avoid freezing temperatures at all costs.
