Dispelling misunderstandings about ‘creepy-crawly’ things

There was a time when I was much younger, that seeing a spider triggered a fear close to being a phobia. However, now I try not to think of them as “creepycrawly” things, and am aware that most of them will cause me no harm. This weekend while at the grocery store, I purchased a Folding Pocket Guide published by the Waterford Press. This glossy, fold-out guide was about Spiders. My curiosity was…