Anne’s suspended summer

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Anne Jefferson

A post by Anne Jefferson

photo by A. Jefferson, May 2011

Travel safely, until we meet again.

It was always going to be a trick for me to feed the blog in the latter bit of the summer, as I’ve been planning almost 5 weeks of travel, much of it without internet access. A few days ago, though, an unfortunate event pushed the timetable forward a few weeks. My 4-year-old daughter had a playground accident that left her with a broken leg, which is encased in a cast from toes to thigh for a month or more. So, until at least September, I’ll be resisting the urge to blog and tweet, while I focus on the non-negotiable jobs of taking care of an immobile, injured child and keeping up with professional obligations.

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    Comments (11)

    1. Pat Nunnally says:
      July 10, 2011 at 3:35 pm

      Thanks for all your great work, Anne! Here at RiverLifeUMN, we think you’re the best. Take good care of your daughter; really sorry to hear about her accident.

      Pat

    2. David Syzdek says:
      July 10, 2011 at 4:02 pm

      Sorry to hear about the broken leg! Ouch! Sounds bad. Kids heal fast and are very resilient and four year olds are always a joy. My two kids managed to both break both of their arms over the period of about a year (which was fun as I was going through a divorce then (none of the breaks happened on my watch and I can blame playgrounds for two of the breaks). Anyway, enjoy the time with your child and she’ll be running around in no time.

    3. Garry Hayes says:
      July 10, 2011 at 4:51 pm

      I’ll be thinking positive and healing thoughts for you and your daughter! Best wishes for a quick recovery.

    4. Evelyn Mervine says:
      July 10, 2011 at 5:13 pm

      We’ll miss you, Anne, but sounds as if you have your hands quite full! Best of luck with your travels. Hope your daughter heals swiftly!

    5. John Fleck says:
      July 10, 2011 at 5:50 pm

      Hope all goes as well as it can, and being a silver lining’s guy, imagining a learning adventure for her amid the drama.

    6. Lab Lemming says:
      July 10, 2011 at 8:11 pm

      Better suspended than saltated, I guess. Good luck to you and your little girl.

    7. @cbdawson says:
      July 10, 2011 at 11:12 pm

      Maybe you should get her into blogging to take her mind off things! Ok, I kid. I hope she heals fast and is back to her spunky self soon. I did enjoy meeting her at AGU! I wish you both well for the remainder of the summer.

    8. Ron Schott says:
      July 11, 2011 at 2:20 am

      You will be missed, Anne. Best wishes for speedy recoveries for all that ails both of you. And don’t feel bad about cheating a little and tweeting once in a while. All work and no play ain’t exactly healthy either.

    9. Kea Giles says:
      July 11, 2011 at 3:39 pm

      Take care little Minnow! And Minnow-mom! Hey, you should set up a Twitter account for Minnow – she can compose posts & you can type ‘em… I’d follow her!

    10. Dan McShane says:
      July 18, 2011 at 10:19 pm

      Yikes! My son broke his femur when he was 2. Hw was in a full body cast for 6 weeks. What he loved was using a toy fishing pole while he healed. Good luck and enjoy some well deserved down time.

    11. michiann says:
      July 28, 2011 at 6:47 pm

      Anne, you’re already a heroine just for maintaining this website, thus we’re all appreciative of that. We also all hope your child will be 100% mended from that leg-fracture very soon.