My brain damage

When I was in the 3rd maybe 4th grade. I’m not certain which year perhaps it is due to the shock of this event. Either way, I was out at our playground during recess. At the time they had just put new sand in the playground. While the rest of my class was smashing sand rocks (piles of the sand that were stuck together) I went to see what the cooler older 5th graders were up to. They were having a sand castle competition so I walked around inspecting their work. As I stopped to take a better look at one masterpiece I felt my head go numb and sand in my hair. I smoothed one hand over my hair to wipe the sand out and felt liquid on my hand. Read more…