Within seconds, Max began screaming not only because, A. I just kicked him in the face, but B. his tooth went flying into the grass. So to me, I thought, "no big deal, we can look for the tooth and find it and then the tooth fairy will come and he'll be quiet." Well, it's actually a lot harder than expected to find a baby tooth in summer grass. As we were looking and starting to give up, the lawn mowers show up. OF COURSE, the day I need peace within the grassy region, the lawn mowers are scheduled. So, Max and I shuffled inside where he stared out the window at his "gone forever" tooth. He cried and held resentment, even though I didn't see what I had done all that wrong. Anyway, he still holds our incident against me to this day, and I hope my poor decision saves a sister from kicking her brother in the face down a slide.
Friday, September 5, 2014
Losing Teeth (pun intended)
As a child, my decisions weren't as bad as Balloon Fest '86, but similarly, consequences from actions are not always the first thoughts that come to my mind before making a decision. For me, something I thought would be "funny", turned into a night-long disaster. It started on the playground (intimidating) in our backyard. Max and I have always had a teasing relationship, so I decided to do something funny. While Max went down the slide, I waited at the bottom and kicked him in the face. Little did I know, Max had a wiggly tooth he was very proud of, and I had knocked it out with my hilariously planned kick to the face.
Within seconds, Max began screaming not only because, A. I just kicked him in the face, but B. his tooth went flying into the grass. So to me, I thought, "no big deal, we can look for the tooth and find it and then the tooth fairy will come and he'll be quiet." Well, it's actually a lot harder than expected to find a baby tooth in summer grass. As we were looking and starting to give up, the lawn mowers show up. OF COURSE, the day I need peace within the grassy region, the lawn mowers are scheduled. So, Max and I shuffled inside where he stared out the window at his "gone forever" tooth. He cried and held resentment, even though I didn't see what I had done all that wrong. Anyway, he still holds our incident against me to this day, and I hope my poor decision saves a sister from kicking her brother in the face down a slide.
Within seconds, Max began screaming not only because, A. I just kicked him in the face, but B. his tooth went flying into the grass. So to me, I thought, "no big deal, we can look for the tooth and find it and then the tooth fairy will come and he'll be quiet." Well, it's actually a lot harder than expected to find a baby tooth in summer grass. As we were looking and starting to give up, the lawn mowers show up. OF COURSE, the day I need peace within the grassy region, the lawn mowers are scheduled. So, Max and I shuffled inside where he stared out the window at his "gone forever" tooth. He cried and held resentment, even though I didn't see what I had done all that wrong. Anyway, he still holds our incident against me to this day, and I hope my poor decision saves a sister from kicking her brother in the face down a slide.
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Do I have reason to believe this wasn't an accident? You and max are by far my favorite siblings, in fact I've heard him tease you about this.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sad to hear this hapened that must've been painful for max.
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