The Tale of William and the Broken Collarbone

Our son has once again proven himself to be the mini accident-prone version of his father. Last Friday, he broke his collarbone. He was at the country church where Kirk pastors and had one leg over the communion rail at the front of the church in an attempt to climb over. Kirk said, "Get down, Will." As Will was obeying and swinging his leg back over, it got caught and he fell directly on his right side. On the way back to the house he was crying incessantly, but the phone nurse told us to wait and come in the next day. That night he was better, but still in pain.

So the next morning, Kirk took him to the ER and had some "pictures taken" (X-ray) of his little body and it showed a clean break of his collarbone. He came home in a Snoopy sling, smiling and showing it off. He hasn't slept well at night though, and neither have we! Please pray for him that he will heal quickly. He started preschool today and had a great day, although we were a bit nervous about him having pain. He's supposed to take it easy, but that means nothing to a 3 year old :) Praise God that he will heal on his own; our bodies are indeed fearfully and wonderfully made! (Psalm 139) Thanks for your thoughts and prayers. We know it's a small thing to many people in the scheme of things, but it's a big thing for a little guy!

Here is a photo of Will in his sling.

In other news, Will went to his first day of preschool today! He will be attending a Christian school about 30 miles away from where we live. He said to me when we were praying in the van, "You need to pray to God for me that I won't be nervous."

He really had a great time, and starting talking to his teacher right away. It's just two days a week, and it was a little sad dropping him off. Especially after I (Jenn) said, "Goodbye, Will!" and he replied, distractedly while playing with cars, "Bye."

Here are a couple of photos of his first day of school!