That’s how our son greeted us on Tuesday evening…
After walking through the door…
Dropping down his bag…
And saying to our “Crazy Siberian…”
“Oh, please don’t jump on me!!”
Hey!
What’s going on???
He knows our “Precious Little Girl”
Jumps up on everybody who walks through our door…
Especially up on him…
Since he’s been away for five days!!
Also…
What’s with the “gauze” question???
Well…
Crazy story here…
Seems that he and his three friends…
While at the Dragon Conference in Atlanta, Georgia…
–Comic Book/Gaming, etc.–
Saw William Shatner (Captain Kirk) from Star Trek,
Billy Dee Williams (Lando) from Star Wars,
And John Glover from Smallville…
And purchased several fine prop swords…
For a great discount (I learned later…)
Two remarkable swords for only $50.00!
The third young man went ahead…
And purchased his own REAL fighting sword…
So now three young men…
Out of the four…
Have beautiful, long, shiny swords…
Two quite sharp and real-looking…
And the third sword the real thing!
In one hotel room!
To what???
Play with???
To swing and pretend..
You’re a Ninja Warrior!!
Well, let’s just say…
Because I’m sure we don’t know all the details…
Ha!
The sword of the Friendly Ninja Warrior…
With the prop sword…
Punctured the buttocks of our equally friendly Warrior-Son!!
As I hear it…
And again, I’m sure that in the telling…
We don’t know…
And will never know…
All the gory details…
But…
(Pun intended! Ha!)
Blood was gushing…
Pain was felt…
Apologies were accepted…
Bandages and Neosporin were purchased…
And friends rallied to…
Help take care of their wounded Warrior friend!
Bleeding stopped…
Pain subsided…
No reason to stop a perfectly good trip…
Or tell the parents…
Who would have insisted…
On a trip to the ER…
For the gaping hole…
Where the sword went in!!
No!
The wound was kept clean…
Bandages were changed…
And the fun continued…
At the Conference…
And the next day at Six Flags!
Mom and Dad called…
To wish their 23 year-old Boy
Man
Now Warrior!
A Happy, Happy Birthday!!
And by then the Warriors had conquered this slight glitch…
And reported that all was well!!
It brought back memories of my parents never knowing EVERYTHING either!
PLUS:
Did I tell you in any other posts…
That this kid is blessed???
I was at home praying:
“Dear Lord,
Please put a hedge of protection
Around him…
Wherever he is…
Whoever he’s with…
Whatever he’s doing!”
God’s good, huh?!?!
The kid could have been punctured by the other sword…
The real one…
Or, he could have punctured something other than the backside, fleshy area!!
So I took him to the ER…
On Tuesday night…
So he could get those…
Sterile tape things…
To hold the edges of the wound together…
An antibiotic…
A tetanus shot…
And have a nice conversation with him…
About how blessed he is…
Ha!
To have a God-trusting Mom like me!!
About how MY mother would have freaked out about this…
Since she was shocked at everything…
And how my grandma would have been screaming in Italian…
“O, Mio Dio!”
So he’s getting off easy!
Ha!
Since, I thought of it as a good blog post!
He thought of it as a good story to tell his kids someday!
And it reminded me that my younger brother…
Was a hazard to my health, too…
As we were growing up!
Once when we were playing with a pretty good-sized wire spring…
It somehow landed in my eyelid…
Grandma was watching us that day…
Hence, the “O Mio Dio” screams!
And once when we had about 6′ of snow fall in NJ…
With snow drifts up to the windows!
Or, so it seemed to me…
And everything was at a stand-still!
Schools were closed…
No vehicles could get through…
We all went out to shovel snow…
And that same little brother took that shovel to pick up some snow…
And it landed right in the left side of my lip!!!
Emergency police in a jeep had to come get me…
To bring me to the hospital for stitches!
With four kids…
These are only two reasons why my Mom just stayed shocked…
All the time…
While we were growing up!
Thank God…
We all made it to adulthood!!
Who says, it’s dull around here?!?!
Sometimes…
Our prayers are needed just to protect ourselves…
from ourselves!!
Don’t ever apologize…
for being highly blessed by God!
Since that means that…
We Believe…
Jesus is watching over us at all times!!
He is!!
Thank you, Jesus!!!
Mark 9:22
“Everything is possible
for one who believes.”
(photo of Casey’s sword)
I have to believe…
He sees my darkness
He knows my pain
I have to lift up…
My hands to worship
Worship His Name
I have to declare…
He is my refuge
I have to deny…
I am alone
I have to lift up…
My eyes to the mountains
Where my help comes from
He said…
He’s forever faithful
He’s forever true
He can move mountains
If He can move mountains…
He can move my mountain
He can move your mountain, too
Oh, I have to stand tall…
When the wind blows me over
I have to stand strong…
When I’m weak and afraid
I have to grab hold…
Of the garments of praise
I know, that I know, that I know…
Because He said…
He’s forever faithful
He’s forever true
He can move mountains
If He can move mountains…
He can move my mountain
He can move your mountain, too
I have to sing praise…
When the hour is midnight
He unlocks these chains
That bind up my soul
My sin and my shame
He has forgiven and made me whole
Because He said…
He’s forever faithful
He’s forever true
He can move mountains
If He can move mountains…
He can move my mountain
He can move your mountain, too
I have to believe…
He’s got everything under control
I have to believe…
Lord, I believe
Help my unbelief
I have to believe in You
I have to believe!
Mark 11:23-24
“Truly I tell you,
if anyone says to this mountain,
‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’
and does not doubt in their heart
but believes that what they say will happen,
it will be done for them.
Therefore I tell you,
whatever you ask for in prayer,
believe that you have received it,
and it will be yours.”
John 11:40
“Then Jesus said,
‘Did I not tell you that if you believe,
you will see the glory of God?’”
Mark 9:24
“Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed,
‘I do believe;
help me overcome my unbelief!'”
Mark 5:36
“…Jesus told him,
‘Don’t be afraid;
just believe.’”
Yes, Lord…
I do believe You’re in control of our lives!
Amen!!
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