If It Wiggles Can I Keep It?

By Mindi Jo Fowler

This book is about funny stories we do as children. Some kids do things that just don't make sense to parents. But we do it anyways! Stories dictate not who we are but they are always a part of us and to the people we know.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 2, 2014
• ISBN: 9781499011913

Mindi Jo Fowler

I am Mindi Jo, a 26 year old who has a passion for animal’s books, learning and spending time with my family. I reside in a cozy little town in Western Oregon. I am a mom of five children, I enjoy the mountains, beach and I love to watch my children explore the world around them. I love to fish with a pole and not a stick now. I enjoy taking care of animals even when they do not want to be taken care of such as a raccoon that wonders right by me, stray dogs that look neglected and abused, I try to feed them. Then I am told that they are coyotes and I am their snack and they do not care about the food I have in my hand. I have a love for nature. I will follow a caterpillar around just see where it goes or try to count the legs of a centipede. I finally get frustrated and plead to my husband why I need him to pick this fast creature up just because I get frustrated by having to recount.

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Special Thanks

Special thanks to Bob who inspired me to write a book and to have helped me edit.

Special thanks to Robert who inspired me to publish my book and always believing in me.

Special thanks to Emmet who showed me how to copyright my book.

Special thanks to Jan for willing to look over my book.

Special thanks to Evelyn and Bill who have looked out for me through the whole entire time it has taken me to write my book.

Special thanks to my Andrew for rereading constantly at odd hours of the night my book over and over again and listening to me as well as helping me make sure it flows. Also for making me pot after pot of coffee for countless hours of writing.

Special thanks to Gus Gus, Thomas, Holly, George, John, Jenna, Cassie, and Heather who have encouraged me throughout my writing.

Special thanks to Xlibris for helping me create my book and the consultants that had to constantly transfer me back and forth and easing any of my concerns.

To My Reader

I thank you most of all (even though I may not know your name) my reader; I sincerely hope you enjoy this book. I hope that you will never forget how amazing you are as a person. I thank you the most for sharing a part of my life and that I am upmost honored to share my experiences with you. I hope in your heart that you would share the laughter with someone you care about. I hope this book has reminded you of the funny things you have done in your own life. I would love to hear your stories. This is my direct email. I will be the one to answer any of your questions, and if my email is to ever change, I promise I will email you a new one. I also give you my word to be as efficient as I possibly can for you. Thank you so much again.

Sincerely,

Mindi Jo Fowler ([e-mail].)

Pre Story

Don’t touch it, is always what you hear as a child. We never knew why? I am an adult now; but I didn’t understand what the big deal was, until now. Potato heads were little balls that would crawl and you could flick with your index finger just to see how far they would go. How about taking a magnifying glass and burning grass and ants with it or your littler siblings just to see if it had the same effect? No! Being mean to siblings or small helpless ants, it’s not nice. Parents have never liked cleaning up after the mud pies you made since you brought them into the house and tried serving them to everyone because you were the one that made them. How about this: What were you thinking? I heard that a lot. How about I don’t know, and that answer was never the one to get you out of trouble. It just got you into more trouble. Face a wall, go sit on your bed and think about what you did or the famous phrase Time out! What does that mean? TIME OUT!? Knowing now, it means parents go crazy, and that is how they get a time out from us kids. Fathers do and say what Bill Cosby has said, WHERE IS YOUR MOTHER! I don’t know was still never better. Yet we were the ones to have to go and look for her. MA, MA, MA! She would be found hiding in the bathroom or downstairs staring obliviously at