Miscellany

The last few weeks have been very difficult and have caused us a lot of heartache.  My husband has found it increasingly difficult to find work in these straightened times, and we have found ourselves facing weeks and weeks with no income but still having to meet our mortgage payments and other commitments.  By the grace of God we have managed so far although not without great anxiety.  


At the beginning of this month we had to deliver our daughter to Lancaster to begin her university career.  She has settled in relatively well and is enjoying her time there, although not without hiccups along the way.  


A couple of days ago our son and his friends were playing with an American football at lunchtime, but rather than just playing catch with it, they were playing tackles etc.  As we pointed out to him later - there is a reason why American football players wear a lot of protective clothing.  During one tackle he was knocked to the ground with his arms pinned to his body thus rendering himself unable to break his fall, consequently he landed on his head.  On getting up he was unable to walk straight and had problems with his sight although it returned to normal in around 10/15 minutes.  Unfortunately he didn't tell anyone until he got home from school, even then he only told us that he has got a headache because he had fallen over during a game.  Close questioning (here you need to think interrogation) elicited the truth of the situation and close observation.   We ended up in the emergency department until 3.15 a.m.!!!!!!  Unsurprisingly he hasn't been back to school since but as next week is half term we expect him to be back at school when it re-opens.  In the meantime the headache from the concussion he sustained, and the pain in his neck from the whiplash injury might serve as a reminder of the need to refrain from NFL games without the proper protective clothing - especially a helmet.