See Tyler Grow

Friday, July 23, 2004

We were outside enjoying a summer evening. Shawn was watering, Tyler was running around and all of a sudden he slipped on the wet concrete. His feet flew straight up in the air and he landed directly on the back of his head which made the most horrifying sound. Like a bowling ball sounds when someone lobs it too high and it smacks down on the wood floor. If only Tyler had been on wood floor, at least that's somewhat forgiving. He immediately started screaming and crying, which Shawn reminded me was a good thing because the alternative would have been really bad. It took a lot to calm him down, he was really shaken up and hurting. Now every time I think about it, I shudder at the thought of that horrible sound of impact. Like a bowling ball. I woke him up every couple of hours in the beginning of the night and then Shawn assured me Tyler would wake us up every couple of hours after that, which he did. By the next morning he did not appear to remember anything about the accident, except the lesson that we only run on the grass outside.

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