1988
We were kind of young at the time but our cousin La used to let us watch all kinds of R rated movies like alien and predator and aliens, it was great for kids I don't think that that was violent movies affected me in a negative way.
Around this time the family was watching Mike Tyson fights on pay-per-view and wrestling events.
At the end of this year Nintendo Power came out and I got a subscription to that from my parents and then I got the Dragon Warrior game I used to love reading those magazines and I didn't care about figuring out these issues on my own I just like to read the magazines and have them tell me. Aunt my Cousins and I used to love these magazines and talk about them all the time and we talk about comics
The family changed after my grandfather died too i'll try to talk about that
I need to look for more family picnic or New York videos or pictures
After my grandfather died I remember going on a trip to the Bronx Zoo with my grandmother my aunt Mary my cousin Jeremy and Andrea on the bus trip there I saw a car on fire. Being fascinated about that place but the adults I was with didn't have the energy to keep up with me
I also remember sitting in the back like coat closet area and we were taking tests on remembering all the presidents and their terms of office and I remember cheating because I didn't remember any of them. While I was locked in the closet I remember gluing all of these books pages together, they had these large gallon jugs of Elmer's glue and I was bored so I don't know if there were a couple hundred books and they were all glued together by the time I was done being locked in that closet. I remember sneaking out of the closet during recess time to watch the kids playing outside from the window in the basement.
🔒 Fifth Grade – Locked in the Closet
🧠 5th Grade Closet Memory – Catholic School | Grandpa Stebbins Connection
Your grandfather (David Stebbins) worked as a janitor at the Catholic school you attended.
You used to get in trouble on purpose so you’d be sent to him.
He let you help set up for Bingo and being around him made you feel safer.
You said:
“Whenever he was around, I would get treated better.”
“When I got to 5th grade, the teacher was very nasty towards me.”
“She started putting me in the closet and I was forced to sit there alone all day and all week.”All part 3🚪Life in the Closet – Your Tools of Survival
You weren’t allowed to participate in class. You were:
Locked inside a utility closet
Allowed out only for bathroom breaks
You brought with you:
A Walkman, listening to The NeverEnding Story soundtrack on loop
The Labyrinth book, which you read over and over
Occasionally Ninja Turtle comics, which you don’t have anymore
You said:
“I used to imagine a portal opening up in the wall and I’d be able to escape.”
“I’d poke the wall all the time hoping I could get out.”Blog 10🧃🍬 Fueling the Fire (Unintentionally)
They gave you Pop Tarts and Carnation Instant Breakfast during the day
You also used change to buy candy from stores on your way to school
All of it spiked your sugar and made it harder to sit still—feeding into their punishment cycle
You now see it clearly:
“It was a recipe for disaster for a kid like me.”Blog 10
🧍♂️ What You Learned—and Refused to Forget
In that closet, you learned:
“No one was going to come save me.”
“No one was going to speak up and say you shouldn’t put a kid in the closet.”
“I learned what it was to be truly alone.”But you never broke:
You refused to stop asking questions
You kept dreaming about other worlds
You said:
“That teacher tried to break my spirit, but I refused.”
“I’m still a dreamer. I still reach for the stars.”All part 3
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