Do me a favor when you read this. Hug your children (two and/or four legged), your significant other and all of those who mean something special to you. Things change in the blink of an eye. I had a coworker lose a close friend this last week. I smiled as I read the posts she shared of stories from times they had together. It was obvious that they had made some wonderful memories together.
I survived my first gymnastics meet. You may find it funny that I put this right after a post about things changing quickly, but as I watched my daughter finish her floor routine today, looking amazing, I saw the smile on her face go to a grimace and the tears begin. She hyper-extended her elbow doing her back handspring. This is something she has done hundreds of times, working past mental blocks so she could challenge for top spots at the meets. A meet where she would have had her highest all-around score and placement went downhill. She had to scratch her vault, the elbow would not have taken the pressure. She did it with Dizzy-style and a smile, but I knew her heart was breaking to be at the bottom of the list. Thanks go out to her coaches that were there, the vault judge who left her a little note on her scorecard to get well soon and to the host staff, who were right there to help and do what they could including an explanation of her score and why she had just touched the vault and not actually done it (this allows them to have an all around score).
Scary, and we thought that was bad enough, medical bills and time out of gymnastics which has a very limited season as it is. Then as we're getting close to home the phone rings. It's the ski hill, my eldest hurt his knee while skiing with his buddies. They recommended we take him in to get it checked tonight (ie the hospital er, since it was so late) and my husband went to meet the group he was with as they decided they were done for the night and brought him part way to town. Not only did he hurt himself, this one requires hospitalization and surgery. Broken tibia.
At 3:30 today, life was grand. The gymnastics meet was going well and B was enjoying a fun night with his close friends to celebrate one of their birthdays. Blink twice and I have 2 injured children and am a basket case.
Please, tell those in your life that mean something important to you that they do. Seize the moment and have fun, make memories. Embrace the joy that life brings to help you through those rougher times.
So sorry for the kids. Anything I can do to help out? I know I can't pick up many hours for you at the library, but will do what I can. You need to paint a black out on the 3rd child and then have them take their picture together, all broken and bruised. One day everyone will be laughing (even you!)
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