Fear

Ever since I was very little and burned myself badly on my grandparent's heater at their house in East Meadow, I've been afraid of very hot things. I cringe every time someone puts something in the oven, often calling out "BE CAREFUL!" And when I take something out of the stove, I yell to anybody within earshot "THIS IS HOT, DON'T TOUCH IT!" This heater currently sitting in my grandfather's sun room makes me incredibly nervous, especially when my mother teeters past it coming ever so close.