Parenting Funnies

Joanna & I were talking on the phone this afternoon. We were talking about insurance and deductibles & things. See, we can talk about things that really matter instead of the dilemma we will have over what clothes to wear, or lack there of, when we have our hot bods!

So we were joking about how if one of our kids broke something on their body, we would tape it up & wait until our deductible is met before we take them to the doctor. Again, joking. But, it made us both think of stories from our childhood.

I thought about the time I broke my ankle. I forget how old I was...maybe 6? I was riding on the back of Heidi Huddleston's bike when my foot got caught in the spokes. This must have happened on a Friday. Apparently, I didn't whine or cry much about it. My mom & dad waited until Monday to take me to the doctor because they didn't think I had broken anything. Mom said we went to my Uncle Bill's rodeo & they pulled me around in a wagon with my foot propped. Then on Sunday, she had me wear those black patent shoes to church & I dragged my foot. It's funny to talk about because my mom talks about how bad she felt. She really didn't think I had done anything & she says, "I let you go an entire weekend with a broken ankle!"

Joanna started telling me a story. When she was eight, she had a bike wreck and broke her arm. She lost her glasses in the field after she fell off. Her mom made her find her glasses before they went to the doctor. She said, "I stood in that d&^n field for 4 hours lookin for my glasses, with a broken arm. At least your mama didn't think yours was broke. My mama knew I had broke my arm & still made me find my glasses. My granny kept yelling, Melody Ann...you take her to the doctor. And then she made me take a shower before we went. At least I was clean & could see."

We just laughed and laughed remembering these stories. Will we one day do this to our kiddos? Probably.