My first experience getting a call from Payton's School

It was Monday afternoon and Scarlett and I were playing Mexican Trans and Mckinley was asleep for her nap. I got a call on my cell phone, but didn't recognize the number so I didn't answer. We kept playing and Scarlett was singing "Let it go". I listened to my voice message and couldn't help but feel like such a bad mom for not answering. The message was from the office at Payton's school. They left a message saying he got hit in the face by a ball during recess. I quickly called the school right back and they handed to phone to Payton. He was able to say "hello" but that was it. He started crying and the office lady got back on the phone. I told her I would be right down. I got out of my pajamas, got Kin out of bed and the girls and I headed to the school. We walked into the office and there he was sitting on the seat with the yard duty. He lost it when he saw me. I felt so bad for him. I brought him home gave him some medicine and then we snuggled on the couch. I had asked him what happened and he was kind of unclear about what was happening. He said he was playing kickball and the ball hit him. He didn't fall down, but it shocked him. The yard duty said he tried to run from her because he was embarrassed. Im just glad he was taken care of. I felt so bad for him. He fell asleep and rested for a little while once we got home. We had friends over that evening and he seemed ok.

It was at bed time that he fell apart again. He didn't want to go to school the next day. He was afraid his face was going to hurt too bad. We talked to him and tried to calm him down. It didn't work too well. Josh gave him a blessing and we had a long talk about what the priesthood could do for him. We had a good talk and convinced him to go to sleep. He woke up the next day and never said a word about not wanting to go to school. He got dressed took some medicine and went to school. Ms. Reeves was very aware of what was going on. She was wonderful and watched him throughout the day. I had told him if it was really bad that he could talk to Ms. Reeves and she would call me. He made it throughout the whole day without a problem. I even got a text half way through the day saying he was doing great. When I picked him up he was good. He even said he played kickball during all 3 recesses. I was very proud of him!