Changing Lanes

With Matts' injury he's had a lot less time to run and a lot more time to think.  At Sunday dinner the other night he lead us in a conversation that resulted in the following essay:

Road of Life
A child's version


by Mattson Peterson Copyright 2011 December 30


The road of life is what we do our whole life.  There are three sections.  Easy, hard, slow.  Those are the three lanes of life.  Most of us are on the easy lane.  But I am in the hard lane.  Some other people are on the slow lane.  
We are walking it all the time!  the fast lane is when things are going smoothly and fine.  the slow lane is when things are hard and not fine.  Now, do not forget the stop lane.  That is when things are really hard. 


You switch lanes when you do something.  When you are fine you are on the easy lane.  When you are having a hard time you are on the hard lane.  When you are having a really hard time you are on the slow lane.


From a child   

Let's just say that was the short (child's:) version of a conversation that had Reed and I strategically hiding behind our napkins.  What can I say?  We've got the next Robert Frost or Jack Kerouac on our hands.  Happily for Matts (and all of humanity) he got his cast off yesterday.  The great news is everything looks good.  The bad news is he has the same activity restrictions in place for the next 4 weeks to allow his joint to loosen and heal.  His elbow is still fairly stiff/sore and he has pretty limited and painful motion.  But, knowing Matts I'm sure he'll be back in the fast lane in no time. In just 24hrs I've considered making a ginormous CAREFUL! sticker to remind him he's still healing.

Cast free and on his way to awards night

BROTHERS!

Cheese

Distracting Little C before leaving.

The monkeys