The Good News and The Bad News
The Good News:
Yesterday was Lucy’s 7th birthday. In our family you get to pick where we go for dinner on your birthday. No surprise, Lucy chose California Pizza Kitchen for dinner, her favorite! She ordered macaroni and cheese and drank chocolate milk, again, no surprise. The big surprise and milestone achievement came with her dessert. The server brought out an ice cream sundae, complete with a lit candle. At age 7, Lucy was finally able to blow out her candle!!! Aaron, Leah and I cheered out loud when it happened. In past years one of us had to help her out with a puff of air from the side. This is a perfect example of the line I sing in the song “Shine,” “Lucy will do what Lucy will do when Lucy is ready to do it!” Tonight was her family party. I was leaning toward giving her a single candle again, so Lucy could be successful. But I wasn’t there when Lucy got her cake. (See “The Bad News”) Aaron lit up 7 candles and Lucy blew them out in three breaths! She said that she was so excited to blow them out that she forgot to make a wish.
The Bad News:
Okay, I’ll just come out and say it. I broke my elbow today playing family soccer. A handful of families in our neighborhood get together each Sunday to play soccer. We call it a Learning League. We have players ages 5 to 55. It is so much fun. Last week for Mother’s Day I got my very first pair of cleats! Yes, we even played on Mother’s Day. Today I fell, hard and heard two “pops.” I went down on my elbow. I rolled over on my back and looked at the sky. A million things went through my mind as my arm throbbed. Mostly I just imagined my sister Emilie hearing the news. I finished the game with everyone agreeing it could be a bad bruise or sprain. Thankfully we had prepped most everything for Lucy’s party before we went to play soccer. I soon found that I couldn’t open a bottle of relish or use a garlic press. The party started and my arm ached more. So I slipped out with my neighbor Sue and she drove me to the doctor. I chipped my radial head. Lucy thought I chipped my Radiohead. Good thing I just wrapped 2 weeks of filming. I now have a two week break from production, but I have the feeling that two weeks will not be quite enough. Yes it is my right arm. I am right handed. It took me about an hour to type this!
