Thundering rain, a sprained elbow, and a visitor.

Something happened to my better half yesterday that hasn't happened to him since he was about 16.

While I was at Target with my girlfriend yesterday it began pouring rain. The rain came down really hard, and after it let up we decided to go home. As I was entering the house I didn't hear Noah laughing, or any kind of commotion. I called out to them, and they both came walking out of the bedroom subdued. Apparently Jon was running to every room to roll all the windows down due to the rain, and ran up the stairs to close all the windows. We have very steep & narrow stairs and as he was walking down with Noah by his side his flip flop bent forward (don't ask), he lost his balance, but managed to save Noah in the process by throwing him across the room on to the couch. He scraped his knees landing on his elbow, and couldn't move it very well. He was stubborn at first, and told him that we should have gone to the ER but he wanted to wait a while to see if the pain & swelling would subside. It didn't. I then called my girlfriend, and she immediately came over to pick him up, and drove him to a nearby clinic.

He came home wearing a sling, and it looks like he might have broken his elbow. He is seeing an orthopedic specialist on Tuesday, and we will find out more to see if it's fractured. I have to admit I was a little frustrated when that happened to him, and I feel terrible. I felt so sad for him because he won't be able to ride his bike to work, or run around & play with Noah. Luckily he is off for the next five days so that will give him time to heal. We're hoping that it's just severely sore, and not broken!

Noah has been so patient and sweet throughout this whole experience. It's as if he knows his daddy is in pain, and so he kept his distance from coming near his elbow. He constantly kept kissing it as Jon was trying to relax and take it easy.

We also had Jon's high school buddy who was his best man at our wedding came over to visit with us from Utah. He was in town on a sales convention, and he took the time to come over to see us. I really enjoyed his company, and it felt as if we had a home teacher visiting us...in a very good way. It had been about eight years since we've seen him, and we were talking about spiritual things, our families, and comparing life in Jersey to Utah. It was a very pleasant visit, and hope to see him and his family again soon.

In spite of a thundering afternoon with pouring rain, a sprained elbow, and a late dinner having Don come over all the way from Utah sure put a smile on all of our faces.

Thanks Don for making our whole evening!