11.13.03 sympathy

I was sitting here merrily typing away when I smelled blood - not unusual when I'm working - but then I tasted it. So I went and looked in the mirror and the gums near my front teeth were gushing. Blood was bubbling around the base of my teeth and pouring into my mouth. This would not be strange if I had been eating something hot, or flossing with extreme vigor. But I was just sitting here, typing. I had a glass of water before going back to my tasks.

A short while later I checked the phone messages. The school nurse had called to say that my sweet little boy had an accident (in which, apparently, some other kid smashed his face into the wall). His two front teeth were broken, destroyed - and he was bleeding copiously.

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