As a child, my nursery was Mickey Mouse themed. My first
birthday cake had Mickey on it. I had Mickey outfits, Mickey sunglasses, and a
Mickey hat. I was raised with a love of the Mouse. In 1990, when I was two
years old, my parents took me to Walt Disney World for the first time and took
me to what was then his house in Toontown to meet Mickey in person. So
exciting, right? Well, as the submitted picture shows, I froze, like so many
young kids, in front of my favorite character, clinging to my mother for my
very first picture with Mickey Mouse. The good news is that I froze from awe
(and the sheer fact of being two years old) rather than fear, and I’ve
continued to love Mickey and even take a successful photograph with him. In the
years since this photograph, my family has grown, with the additions of my
younger brother and my new husband. In February 2016, it will grow again when we have our first child. I’ve collected more Mickey items. When I moved out of my parents’ home, and the
room I’d grown up in, I took with me the light switch plate that had hung on
the wall for over twenty years. It features baby Mickey and baby Minnie in
their pajamas, playing with balloons. I plan to place it in the WDW themed nursery I'm creating, the beginning, I
hope, of their own love of Mickey Mouse and all things Disney.
