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A Cure All for all Child Injuries-- the Magic of Band Aids |
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by Vicki  (April 2007) (rank 500+) |
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This weekend while in the boy’s room putting laundry away, I noticed my 3 year old, Wesley, trying to climb to the upper most reaches of his eldest brothers bunk bed with the goal of 'stealing' his secret stash.
I removed the ladder and explained
that he needed to respect his brother’s private possessions and I left the room. I returned momentarily to find, Wesley precariously perched on a stack of mismatched chairs! (The scene reminded me of the King’s balancing act in
Yertle the Turtle).
Wesley tumbled down and scraped his ribs. YEOWW! Tears, screams and shock….His older brothers ran to the rescue bringing plenty of sympathy and Band Aids!
In quickly accessing the situation, we all concluded that this was a special 4 band aid operation. Immediately after applying the first band aid, Wesley was ‘cured’. He was proud of his band aid status. He proceeded through the day to proudly pull up his shirt to showoff the bandages.
I was amazed at how MAGICAL and simple the recovery became after the band aids were applied.
I caught myself wishing that all my trial and tribulations could somehow vanish with a small strip of plastic. In fact, I marvel at their power. At what age do kids stop believing in the magic of band aids? In my family, it seems to have lasted longer than Santa and the Easter Bunny.
All I know is I wish I could bottle and
sell the cure-all for adults. (ie. broken hearts, etc.)ottle the and sell the cure all for adults.
