Lilly Ruth fractured her left elbow. When I saw her in a blue sling, I immediately had a flashback to 30 years ago when I had to wear one.
Lilly Ruth broke her bone by falling off playground equipment. I broke mine by hitting a pulpit wrong. Yes that's right. As far as I know I am the only preacher to break a left wrist while in the act of preaching.
I hit my fist on a Criswell Bible at the wrong angle. I knew immediately I had broken it, but made it through to the end of the sermon without anyone knowing I had hurt it.
At the end of church I immediately found Ruth, and told her I needed to go to ER. She was kind. To this day, she still doesn't razz me about my pulpit stupidity on that day.
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