I have cried everyday since I was a very young child. It’s not because I am unhappy or depressed. I am happier than most people. Some people over eat or drink too much or do drugs. I cry. It all started when I was about 5 or 6 years old and me and my friend Maureen thought it would be funny to catch a bunch of frogs and put them in a bucket full of beer to see if they would get drunk. We got the beer from my Dad’s beer arsenal in the basement. (we had basements where I grew up) We let the frogs stew in it for a good hour. We then dumped them all out. They were still alive but definitely drunk. They hopped sideways and made frog burp sounds. They then tried to back track and get themselves back in the bucket. They clearly enjoyed the beer. My Mom found out. She was mad. I was hoping she would make me drink a bucket full of beer to see if I would get drunk but she didn’t. I think she was more mad about us stealing the beer than making the frogs drink it. Imagine my joy many years later when Budweiser came out with those commercials featuring frogs! I have felt bad for those frogs ever since and I cried that day. All day. Poor frogs. I’m going to hell for sure. And now any trigger can make me cry. Watching Oprah, a sad song, watching the news I lose it, seeing 2 people in love, when my boss buys me lunch, reading greeting cards at Walgreens is an agonizing chore, seeing a homeless person, any movie not just a sad one although ‘The Notebook’ takes the grand prize, a child laughing or crying, weddings are a sobville for me, when someone compliments me, funerals-da! I can cry on Q way too easy. Think Holly Hunter in the movie ‘Broadcast News’, she cried over everything too! Basically, everyday I shed some tears. I have been told by experts that there is nothing wrong with this. Maybe I have over abundant tear ducts. I’m actually crying now. Big girls and boys DO cry. And it’s ok. Isn’t it?
(photo above of Kat crying after the frog incident used under creative commons license)
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