Where's your helmet?
Slow down.
Is your seatbelt on?
Don't throw balls in the house.
Ride on the sidewalk.
Don't dart out in front of cars.
Don't dive in the shallow pool.
Don't stand on basketballs, or soccerballs.
My oldest just reminded me of the one I told him yesterday, "Whatever you're thinking...DON'T DO IT!"
I hate to sound like a broken record, but it pains me terribly when they get hurt.
Today, after our homeschool classes, our middle boy went out to play basketball with some buddies. I was tidying up my classroom and chatting with a fellow homeschool mom who happens to also be a doctor. Unexpectedly, one of our son's friends came up to the classroom and said our son was hurt and needed me.
We rushed downstairs and there I found my sweetheart in tears with a gash in his knee and blood running down his leg. I had my friend take a look at it; she gave me the "stitches" nod.
We then rushed to the local urgent care which was packed. Jumping back in the car, we headed to the next urgent care.
After a short wait we were seen.
"How did this happen?" asked the nurse.
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| The Gash |
"I was standing on a basketball and fell off," said our son.
Soon, thereafter, the doctor came in. She took one look at it and made the necessary preparations to stitch it up.
Sitting beside my sweetheart, wiping the tears rolling down his face as the doctor gave him numbing injections made me wish I could protect him from all pain. There's nothing I could do but pray with him and wait for her to sew him back up.
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| All stitched up |
As a mom I try my best to prepare, instruct and equip our kids for whatever they may encounter. Sometimes there are some lessons they have to learn at the school of hard knocks.
In the car on the way to the clinic, our son said to me, "This is a life lesson learned."
So true.
Hopefully he won't stand on a ball anytime soon.
And the moral of the story is... Don't stand on basketballs. And, sometimes it pays to listen to your momma.
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