31. I’ll Tell Them Myself
My parents went out of town one time and left my sisters and I in the care of our grandmother. I was playing around outside and got stung by several wasps. It hurt a whole lot and I ran inside yelling. My grandmother decided a swallow of Calamine lotion was the way to go. So she got out the Calamine lotion and a teaspoon for me.
I refused to take it and she threatened me, “If you don’t take this then I’ll tell your mom and dad when they get home!” No problem, I agreed that I’d tell them myself. Everything turned out okay in the end, but I don’t remember my parents ever leaving us kids with our grandmother to watch us again. That was the day I realized not all adults know what’s going on.