Scaredy Cat

I am such a scaredy-cat. The thing is, I think I'm more of one now than when I was younger. Would you believe that I never learned to ride a bicycle? Nor even learned to use a skateboard? I used to ride roller coasters when I was in my teens, but now, I don't. I just don't feel like it. I don't even like scary movies (but weirdly enough, I loved "The Sixth Sense" and wasn't as scared as other people).

While I do not wish my kids to be regularly involved in extreme sports, I wish they'd be more courageous than I am. A few slides up and down skateboard ramps should be okay. Or climbing mountains in the right weather. Or biking. I just hope they'd know their limits so that I wouldn't be perpetually scared of what might happen to them.