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Mom: Scream. The Scream.
Katie: Oh okay.
Shadow: And you go like upside down and everything.
Dad: That was the first one he got onShadow: [becoming more and more excited about his story] The orange one, wait
wait wait, and then the orange one and then the other one that you keep
on going upside down and upside down and then vroom vroom vroom. And
they go super fast. And we were in the front.
Katie: Ohh, okay.
Dad: Yeah, the first one I think that finally broke or made- I guess& broke his fear
of getting on a roller coaster. The scream, that's like, I don't know, like an
80-foot drop.
Katie: Oh, yeah, I think it's 205.
Mom: It's like a free fall. Or something like that. And then all of a sudden, Pew!
Dad: They drop you& Anyway, he got off and he ran over to me. He's like, "Daddy,
Daddy, I got on and I'm not scared of roller coasters anymore."
When it felt like we had moved through the story of Shadow breaking his fear on
the biggest roller coasters at Knott9s Berry Farm, I went back, seeking more
stories.
Katie: Okay, so- We have the story of Knott's Berry Farm. Any other times where
you feel like you've seen some of his special powers or any new powers
that you might have seen?
Mom: Oh, yeah. At school.
Katie: At school?
The Boy Who Acted Out of Heart
Journal of Contemporary Narrative Therapy, May2025 Release, p. 29-62.
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