the skylight

In my childhood home, there was a gigantic skylight in our kitchen. The roof was sloped and the ceiling was flat, so it was a big vertical tunnel from ceiling to roof. My brothers were staring up into that skylight, and one of them noted that you could actually fit an entire person into it.

They asked our father, "Can we throw Thea into the skylight?"

He said, "We'd be idiots not to!"

He picked me up and instructed me, "Keep everything tucked in. Grab your knees." And then he threw me into the skylight. For one glorious second, I was up in the skylight.

And yes, they caught me on the way down. I didn't just smack onto the floor.