Friday 13th

Oct06
13

Was not a good day for the Stopforths. Actually, it wasn’t a bad day, it just started of crappy. E fell and cut his forehead open on the window sill. Off to the hospital and three stitches later he’s happy as a lark, but I’m feeling terrible.

Not nice watching a doc (even my nice family doc) shovel forceps into your babies open wound. Yuk. I couldn’t stand watching him in pain - not fun at all.

Anyways, boy will be boys and my experience of fatherhood continues to be a collection of reflections on how shitty it must have been to be parents to me :). Sorry mom. Sorry dad. Again. I had many stitches.

Excerpt from chat with Carl - tee hee.

Mike Stopforth 2006/10/13 4:52 PM
shame he fell and cut his forehead open

2006/10/13 4:52 PM
3 stitches

Carl Spies 2006/10/13 4:52 PM
yipes - didya take a photie?

Mike Stopforth 2006/10/13 4:52 PM
no it didn’t really occur to me…

Carl Spies 2006/10/13 4:53 PM
so here’s the deal - events involving pain all carry trauma - good idea to take a photo of that and keep it on file - very cathartic for older kids to see what happened to them in childhood

Mike Stopforth 2006/10/13 4:54 PM
oooooh i c

2006/10/13 4:54 PM
i don’t think mom would’ve appreciated me adjusting the aperture while blood spurted from E’s open wound…

Carl Spies 2006/10/13 4:55 PM
heh heh - no timme like the present

Mike Stopforth 2006/10/13 4:57 PM
lol

Carl Spies 2006/10/13 4:58 PM
dude - mucho respect for being a dad and caring for a family like you do - that’s a huge accomplishment these days