So both of the older boys are playing ball this spring. J had practice the other night and was excited to go. Due to an unfortunate run in with someone else's head which resulted in a black eye, he was not quite as excited to go back to ball last night.
It wasn't so much the pain that he was feeling from the injury, but how he felt he looked. "I look ugly mom!" "I'm not cute anymore!" "I can't go to school, the kids will laugh at me!" So he stayed home and I reassured him that he is handsome and cute, and that the other kids wouldn't even notice. In the big picture of things with daddy being gone on a "trip", I feel ok for keeping him home due to his anxiety, but told him he would go back the next day. He was upset, but I convinced him that his best friend, who happens to be a girl, would miss him. I can't help but wonder how much at his age (6) do appearances really matter? It is after all just a black eye.
**Edited to add that these pics are from less then 24 hours after it happened, today it is much more purple and less puffy. May need to add more pics so you can see how dark it gets, but he is being shy with the camera.**
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