Sugar Sand
“It hurts.”
“I’m sure, sweetie. You’re doing so good.”
The ambulance corners hard.
“Ow!”
“Almost there. Where were you going? When the car hit you?”
“Store. Getting candy.”
“Candy, nice. Deep breath for me now.”
“Hurts.”
“I know, honey. Hey, you ever hear of sugar sand?”
“No.”
“There are beaches in Hawaii full of it. You can eat it straight off the ground.”
“Really?”
“Oh, sure!”
“Where’s my Mom?”
“She’s meeting you there. You hold on, sugar.”
“Ow! Ow!”
“I know, sweetie. Okay, here’s the hospital. I’ll come visit you soon. Get you some of that sugar sand. Okay, honey?”
The Green-Walled Treehouse 
Wow…now that’s a picture to be inspired from. Of course now I want Goobers and M&Ms. And yes, your line about the hospital is pretty right on since, sugar is the new cyanide. And a Honolulu to you. Hawaii, now that’s a place I’d like to recoup in. You are so great at these David. 🙂
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Aw. Poor kid! Candy’s like that.
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Dreaming of that sugar sand will keep her going, I’m sure. Nice story.
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What a moving story. I hope she makes it, dreaming of all that sweet stuff.
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A very kind health professional 🙂
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hopefully, she gets well soon to enjoy sugar sand.
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He did a good job of keeping her focus off of the injuries and the pain.
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That was the idea. Hopefully she does okay. Thanks for reading, as always. 🙂
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Hope your school year is going well. Are you settled in? You’re welcome.
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yeah, it’s going okay. Always busy but a lot better than in August. We have students arriving every 2 months, so it’s never really slow.
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That’s a lot of students coming through.
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You have to get your priorities right 😊
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A beach made of sugar? Why wasn’t I informed of this when I was five? Great story.
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Thanks, Will. It’s the sort of thing any kid would be interested in, I’m sure.
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Reassurance is essential for the injured, although being far fetched about sugar sands does offer hope that everything will be okay.
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yeah, exactly. Thanks for reading!
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Nicely done, paramedic. Keep her mind off the pain. Sugar sand, eh?
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Yeah, pretty silly. Would hopefully get the kid thinking about something besides his injuries though. 🙂
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A kind and smart person.
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Aww, lovely. That would take my mind off the trauma for sure.
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Thanks, Sandra. Glad you liked it. Yeah, I was just picturing the paramedic just making up stuff to keep him distracted.
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Sweet story. I like that guy.
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The attendant did a good job of distracting her. What a difficult job. You built the tension well.
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Thanks, Brenda! I appreciate your reading it.
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