You dream at times about your biggest fears. I have hesitated to voice mine for fear that it might come true. My biggest fear is that one of my children might become horribly injured and paralyzed or permanently disabled. Something that would rob them of the joy of life. They have so much going for them and so much to live for that I never want to think about that possibility.
My innocent trusting daughter being attacked and hurt by some human animal.
I fear it because I cannot prevent it 100% and have no control over fate.
I fear my wife dying of course. I would miss her very, very much, but I have been alone for big chunks of my life and would find a way to go on without her for my kids sake. God knows it wouldn't be easy. And I fear my dog companion and best friend being kidnapped by someone who admired him, or hurt by some jerk. I guess that one is pretty silly, when compared to the people we love.
It makes me sick to think about such things, so I act in typical human fashion and try not to. But being in denial about possibilities doesn't help either.
Norm