When I was around four years old I was hanging out in my front driveway, waiting for my mom to come through the garage.
Our garage door had a handle on the outside, so that if the power went out, we were still able to open it. I got a bright idea. I'm not sure which one it was, but I have narrowed it down to two ideas:
1. I was gonna help lift up the door
or
2. That it would be fun to hold on to the door as it went up.
So I waited, with both of my hands on the handle, waiting for my mom to press the button to open the door.
When my mom did open the door, I helped lift/held on tight.
This is when I'm pretty sure I forgot to let go. I held on so tight that I was lifted off the ground and started to freak out. My mom hadn't noticed me hanging from the door until I started screaming. She then had to run to hit the button to stop the door and grab me before I fell. She got me down pretty easily so all was well.
No harm. No foul.
But I'm pretty sure I wasn't trusted alone with the garage door for awhile afterwards.
Happy Monday :)
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