My Ten Biggest Fears

1. Never being published
   
2. Forever being a dollar short
   
3. Heights – especially balconies, stairs, and other open seemingly easy to fall off of high places
   
4. My children being frightened and not being able to get to them no matter that they are all nearly grown now
   
5. Big, snarly, mean dogs
   
6. Being alone forever
   
7. Home repairs that are too big for me – replacing the subflooring in the little bathroom, leaky pipes, leaky roofs…
   
8. Being unprepared for what comes next – this links back to no. 2 and no. 6
   
9. Making parenting mistakes that harm my children’s ability to be the wondrous people I know they are
   
10. Disappointing God