You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy™
The growth of a teenager.
My son has grown 3/4 of an inch in a month.
When it comes to bones; that’s monumental.
THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH!
It’s noticeable like a blood stain on a white carpet.
It’s a blast of Hiroshima fueled white light and cottages being wiped off the face of the globe kind of growth.
3/4″! – It’s a bull in a china shop smoking a cigar in a no smoking zone kind of growth.
When I see him on the soccer field I find myself saying “damn that kid is taller. Look at that”
When I see him next to his sister, I find myself saying, “he’s going to be taller than you soon”
Then I cover up, waiting for a punch in the gut.
THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH.
That’s a tidal wave of growth. It’s plate tectonics of bones and joints all moving and grinding into a new comfort zone.
The kid says his knees hurt.
Yeah? My knees hurt just writing this. My knees hurt just thinking about 3/4″ in one month.
It’s a baking soda volcano over flowing in a h.s. science lab.
I liken this kind of growth to Predator bursting through your rib cage and screaming “honey I’m home!”
They say in space nobody can hear you scream. In Nashville, I hear the kid moaning all the time.
He says both knees hurt. Because of this, the doctor has told the boy to power down his soccer for the next few weeks. He literally went cold turkey, pulled off the pitch and put in an immobilization cast by physicians.
What a joke. It worked about as well as a plasma tv and a coat hanger.
The doctors say if the pain persists, the only other option is surgical.
Really? Surgical? Is that for my kid or for the new addition on your house bone Dr?
I wonder if just powering down for half a year would fix the problem. How do you surgically repair growth?
They say that cartilage is this and the muscle is stretching that and blah blah blah.
STFU!
Really? Give me a 2nd opinion Witch Doctor.
So with growth comes change. With change comes frustration. With frustration comes a need for patience.
As I often say; It’s only 14 year old boy soccer.
He won’t be five foot one and three quarter inches tall for ever.
Life’s Crazy™