What can kill you easily that people often underestimate?

Staircases. Friend of mine slipped, broke his neck, and died. He was 21.

As a kid, I remember trying rollerblades down the stairs. One moment, I'm on the top of the stairs,

and the next I'm waking up at the bottom of the stairs with no memory of having fallen.

Only some bruises, and I didn't tell my parents in fear of the slipper.

Someone else in the vehicle not having their seatbelt on. If your 150-pound passenger isn't wearing a seatbelt,

they turn into an unrestrained 150-pound sack of meat and bone during a collision or rollover. That can definitely mess you up if they smack

into you. When I met my husband, he never wore his seatbelt. I'm an easygoing girl who doesn't tell him

what to do. Except for that. I said that was a deal breaker. So he wears his seatbelt now. Jump ahead a few

years. When my husband and I were test driving his car, I turned around

and told the car dealer to put his seatbelt on. He laughed. My husband was like,

Uh, she's serious. You better put it on. I don't know why this makes me smile. Maybe

the look on the dude's face when I lectured him about being a torpedo. I said I could not

care less what happens to him, but he will not be killing me or my husband.

This is how I feel about all reckless driving.

If you once put your life in danger when you're behind the wheel, do it alone on an empty road.

If people want to gamble with their own lives, then fine.

That's their prerogative, but there are selfish Fs when they put each other's lives at risk.

Water, lakes, pools, etc.

People forget how easily their children or themselves can get into trouble while around water.

Floating down a lazy river with some beer and friends is, I think, one of the greatest

experiences in this life.

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