Your Childhood Just Melted Away

(My mother, my brother, and I are on the ferry to Disney’s Magic Kingdom. In front of us are a woman and her two young children, and an older girl trying to engage the children in a conversation.)

Older Girl: “Who’s your favorite character?”

Child #1: “Olaf! I want to see him when we get there!”

Older Girl: “Well, I don’t know if they have Olaf here.”

Mom: “Yeah, maybe he melted.”

(The two children turn around, wide-eyed. My mom quickly tries to backtrack.)

Mom: “But he’s magic… so he’ll just… un-melt!”

Me: “How did I have a relatively normal childhood again?”