Rachel's bike accident

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Two weeks ago today, was Mother’s Day.  The day started off on a good note, my husband and daughters had bought me a new watch for training and some sports attire.  My husband had a SWAT detail for Police Week that day and I am currently training for a sprint triathlon.  He wasn’t going to be home so I decided the girls and I would ride our bikes over to the local high school and swim and then ride back. 

All went well with the ride over and the swim.  On the ride back there is a daunting hill.  I thought to myself we should walk down this.  I wasn’t so much worried about the hill but the speed that would be acquired on the way down and there was a right hand turn at the bottom that could turn into a wipe out or if missed could result in careening into traffic.  I said to the girls, just.go.slow.

And down we began.  Rachel was in the front, Syd was in the middle and I brought up the rear.  I saw Rachel begin to wobble out of control and in my mind I thought “FAWK”.  And down she went.  She hit the pavement and jumped to her feet and screamed, “Mommy, ow, ow, Mommy!”   Pretty much the worst words ever.  I looked her over and it appeared to me just some road rash, I thought we got away unscathed and then she opened her mouth.

Her two front teeth were busted in half.  FAAAAAWWWWWWKKKKKKK. 

I felt helpless we were a good 3 miles from the house still, Ray was 30 miles away.  What to do.  I told my baby, who was in pain that she had to suck it up and we had to start walking. 

Long story short, Rachel broke three of her front teeth, bruised the growth plate in her right wrist, bruised her hip, bruised her right knee to the point she couldn’t put weight on it.  Had road rash on both hands from fingers to elbow, both knees, her chin and her upper lip.  She was tore UP.

Thankfully bike helmets are a must in our home.  Her bike helmet is cracked and needs replaced.  I can't even fathom what this disaster would be like if she wouldn't have been wearing it.  And yes, next time we go on a long bike ride they will be wearing elbow and knee pads....regardless of their whining of appearing to be "geekish".

Two weeks later you’d never even know.  The dentist, the wonderful Dr. Sunny Allen at Neibauer in Waldorf, fixed her teeth.  Her wounds have all healed, her bruises are gone.  Actually if you want to get technical on Thursday this past week, so 10 days after you never would have known she had that bad of a bike accident.

This is 100% a contribution to her diet.  She eats well.  Veggies first (you cannot have kale chips around this child, she eats them ALL), meats, some nuts and a little bit of fruit.  She doesn’t eat grains, sugars or chemicals.  Her favorite food is grass-fed pasture raised beef burgers….and yes, she will ask to make sure she is getting quality meat.  She knows that Red Russian Kale makes better kale chips than other kales.  She knows that she has to have veggies with every meal and snack. 

She’s 10 folks!!  10.  Parents who are daunted by the task of cleaning up their children’s diets and having a REAL food only diet need to understand that REAL food is the BEST option for their children.  All you have to do is TALK and EXPLAIN to them why.  Children are like sponges, they love information.  If you explain WHY fun colored foods are not nourishing to their bodies and will make them sick and fat they understand.  Our children are not stupid.  They understand these things better than we do.

We insist our children know the language of music by learning an instrument, or learning how to play baseball and all the rules.  We insist they get good grades in school (or we should!).  We provide them the tools to learn how to behave appropriately in various situations.  We buy them pencils for school, special gear for sports, we brag about awards and ceremonies.  Why is any of this harder than proper nutrition training?  Why is this less important, when proper nutrition fuels the brain for good grades.  Fuels their character for proper behavior.  Fuels their bodies to train well.  Why is this less important?  Why do we feel we are cheating our kids if we don’t feed them fun colored cereals, pop-tarts, guzzlers and pizza?

You can go to a birthday party with your kids and the host offers you cake or pizza and you turn it down because you know it isn’t good for you.  So why aren’t you saying no to it for your kids too?  Is their waist line any less important?  The mind frame that our kids aren’t fat so they can eat whatever is a shit theory.  Can you pinpoint the time in your life when your metabolism broke and you gained weight?  More importantly skinny doesn’t mean health.  And THAT is what we need to focus on for ourselves AND our children.  Eating FOOD that will nourish our bodies,  provide nutrients to our brains, our organs, our intestines to produce hormones to keep us healthy, smart and moving. 

THIS is our focus.  Not who looks better in a bathing suit.  You want to look good in a bathing suit?  Start focusing on the quality of the food you eat and making sure your choices are nutrient dense.  In their most natural form.  Nothing processed. Nothing with chemicals.  No grains. No booze.  No sugar.  Give it 21 days.  You don’t even need to do any more exercise than walking several times a day. 

Take that challenge.  It is only 21 days.  Take that challenge for your entire family.