Boys will be boys, the saying goes. And ours has now officially been inducted into the
Royal Order of Boyhood.
He broke his first (and hopefully last!) bone.
Being left-handed, this left elbow break was a bit inconvenient. The writing difficulty was nothing compared to the torture of missing out on PE at school, though!
Some lessons learned:
Humans cannot fly. Gravity is real. Showing off can get you hurt.
I was inside, and didn't see the actual event. But from eye witnesses I've gathered that the kids were taking turns swinging really high and jumping out of the swing. ED said that this particular time, he thought while in mid-air, "Wo. I'm really high. This is going to hurt." It did. He landed just right (or wrong), and heard the crack. It was a Saturday. We got to spend four hours in the Emergency Room.
