…A current sliver in my finger reminded me of one of my funniest epi-“funnies”…I was assisting with the high school girls basketball team & standing/leaning against the gym’s wooden bleaches when I slid over to make room for a player.
Read moreOops! or I should say ouch! as I felt that I had acquired a sliver in my bum. Since I was focused on practice, I didn’t think about how I was going to extract the sliver till later…My sons were a bit on the young side to be the surgeons; plus, they were “guys”… Fortunately, the next day when I was working as a teacher’s aid at the elementary school, I had an epi”funny”- the school nurse. At the end of my shift, I swung by the nurse’s office & approached her with, ” I bet- even though betting’s not allowed in Utah, that you’ve never encountered a scenario like mine & showed her my sliver. What a relief as she removed the sliver with a chuckle agreeing that this was a first for her. In turn, it was a reminder to me that some things we can’t do on our own so it’s ok to ask for help…
I guess, it could also be a reminder that there are times in life when we need to “turn the other cheek”…