I really wanted to tell my story so here it goes. I was an unusually terrified kid. Up until I was 8 or 9, I basically cried myself to sleep every night because I didn't want to die.
My parents never knew what to do about it, other than love me, and listen to me. I remember it would come up out of nowhere, one second I was happy, the next I was asking if I absolutely had to die one day, the next I was crying non stop, consumed by this feeling that I could be any time and the prospect of not existing was unbearable.
It made my parents suffer a lot, but it also brought us all closer. My fourth grade teacher was a child therapist, she knew I was a scared kid because it was difficult to drop me off at school some days, and she encouraged me to write stories, and turn my fears into monsters and defeat them.
When I was 9 I wrote a story that changed my life. I still have it to this day, it was called Death of Death (La muerte de la muerte) and in it, a king kidnapped death and gave endless life to his Kingdom. Only to realize fear was the bad guy, not death.
Today I am a well adjusted and creative young adult, and I write children's books for a living. Inspired by my little story, I created an immersive children's book that is now helping people of all ages get over the fear dying.
I didn't write this to sell anything but I've seen the effect my book has on kids with fear, similar to what my original story did to me, so I wanted to share the beautiful audio companion for free. I hope it's ok to place this link. horatiointhewind.com/pages/enjoy
We are living a strange time, and if you are little, and you are scared, I hope Horatio can be of service to you, and can calm you, like it did me.
Loving someone is to know the song in their heart, and sing it to them when they forget.
JD
More info: horatiointhewind.com
Me and Horatio
