Injuries

Until it happens to our kids, and sometimes even ourselves, we rarely think about the risks associated with Halloween's best-loved traditions.

It's been a year since Jason Pierre-Paul of the New York Giants injured his hand in a gruesome fireworks accident, and he's been doing quite a few interviews lately about he dangers of fireworks.  Have you seen the pics?  They look like something out of the movies. Don't eat first. Visits to ERs in Idaho will be up this week because of fireworks-related injuries, but you can protect yourself.  Her

One thing I've learned as a parent - it's awfully tough to plan how your day is going to go.  You just never know.  Sometimes it's better to go with the flow, and leave some space in your day for trips to Urgent Care. See that faint vertical line that follows the cut on Kallan's face down to her eyebrow?  That's the mark of a wall at preschool.  The corner of the wall won that battle.

I have broken every bone in my body. I have had some crazy injuries. Nothing is ever simple with me. Of all my injuries, this one caused me the most pain and is keeping me from doing one of my most favorite things!