A Dangerous Sport
This is our first year to have a cheerleader in the family.
I'm used to the children playing sports. It never made me at all nervous to watch them push and shove and fall and get bruised and skinned up playing basketball or soccer...but cheerleading makes me squirm.
I'm fine when the girls are just yelling and jumping and doing cheers on the ground. It's the stunts that make me crazy. Seeing those small girls flying through the air makes me want to close my eyes and wring my hands. I was glad when I found out that at 5'7" Ellen was too tall to be a flyer...very relieved to learn that she would be staying on the ground.
She told me that her place in the stunt group - a back spot - was the most dangerous. I heard her, but I didn't really believe her.
I do now.
Yesterday we got a call from cheer practice that Ellen had been hit in the nose during a stunt.
Today we went to the doctor and it was confirmed that her nose is broken. It is cracked right across the bridge, but fortunately not displaced. So we do nothing medical. We simply wait for it to heal, and pray that it heals properly.
She got a text from one of her cheer mates today telling her that the boys all thought that it was cool that she broke her nose doing *cheer* of all things. Cool is not the way I would describe it. Dangerous would be my word.
She is being a trooper, swollen nose, black eyes, sadness about missing the last football game of the season, and all.
I'm sad for her.
However, I'm also a little bit glad that she is out of the danger zone for the next three weeks.
Does that make me a bad mom?
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Neither of my girls was a cheerleader, but like you, I was always afraid for those little flyers being tossed around in the air like beanbags!
Sorry to hear about Ellen's broken nose--just like the guys to think it's cool--they just think differently than we ladies do. I hope she heals up quick!
I'm with you!
I'm not against cheerleading but it's scary the level some of the stunts go.
Hoping and praying Ellen's nose heals nicely :)
p.s. Being a concerned and loving mom definitely doesn't make you a bad mom! :)
Oh Karen! Tell ellen I'm praying for her! I hope she heals up quickly!
Praying your girl heals up quickly and nicely. I think I'd be feeling the same way you are. Yikes.
Prime example of gender differences: Guys think it's cool because it's dangerous [smile].
~Luke
No you are not a bad Mom. I would feel just the same. I actually feel really bad about not letting my daughter ice skate very often. After all the money we have paid out for her braces I would hate for her to fall over skating and ruin her teeth.
Hope your daughter heals quickly and feels better soon.
Lindsay
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Hope she heals soon! Jac head-butted me a few months ago and broke mine that way. It REALLY hurt. Glad we haven't gotten into cheer yet!
Oh, my face hurts just thinking about it! Tell her I'm praying for a quick recovery.
Oh no, you are a good mom. I think I'd feel the same after all that! I hope she is ok, and not too sore. Ouch! Who knew cheerleading could be so dangerous?
Ouch!!! I'm glad that your daughter is out of the danger zone.
I mentioned in one of my posts that it' hard enough having a son that plays football, it would also be doubly hard having a daughter be a cheerleader and do those heart lurching flips in mid air.
Dropping by to wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas! Hope you day is perfect and that you are blessed beyond your wildest dreams.
Merry! Merry!
XO,
Sheila :-)
I hope the nose is healed & all is well in your world! Wishing you & yours a beautiful Christmas season and wonderful New Year!
So sorry! Broken noses are painful -- here's hoping for a full and quick recovery. (And you are not a bad mom!)
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