Injuries

Twice in the last week the kids have gotten hurt while out playing at the park - nothing serious, but here is how it went:


Tuesday:


I am sitting in class, teaching, when I hear Jaxon come into the front area of our school and tell Kie, the school manager, that Lily fell and hurt herself, but that some women stopped to help her. Just as Jaxon finished his sentence, Kie’s phone rang. It was Goda-san (the mother-in-law of our boss; she helps out with the business with scheduling and such). Apparently a mom of one of our students had seen Lily fall, called Goda-san, who called Kie. All was well, Lily made it to the school fine. I was just surprised at the chain reaction that transpired from the fall. People care!


Saturday:


I let the kids run to the park alone. An hour or so later, the kids came home and Jaxon had a large bump and dark bruise on his forehead. He’d been straddling a chain of some kind. Lily yanked it up, aiming for his butt and hit his head somehow. (Yes, we have made several butt-face jokes, and yes, it is very funny!) Tonight (Monday) as we sat at home we were surprised with a visit from Jaxon’s teacher. A real visit, as in, she rang the door bell. She came over just to check on Jaxon. She’d seen his head and been concerned about the bruise.


Neither injury was huge or all that worrisome. I just wanted to note the response that the children received here. While we are new to this community, but we feel very cared about. It is a nice feeling to know that people are looking out for you and your family. We had a similar feeling in Yakima, to a different extent. There we were very fortunate to have amazing friends that were a family to us. We have not found that here, but we have found that being a Gaijin, or a foreign person, is okay. It is accepted (for the most part) and people really just want to help.

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