Lots of accidents.
Horse jumped on our family car when I was 2 1/2. No injuries to me, but my mom had two crushed vertebrae and my sister had glass all up and down her head, neck and back.
When I was 4, we were playing dodgeball and I had the bright idea of using an old license plate as a "shield." Ball thrown at me, I raise the "shield" and it cuts into my forehead. 25 stitches.
When I was 5 I was running through the kitchen, slipped and fell face first into the open rack of the dishwasher. Still have scar from where a metal spoke poked all the way through my right cheek.
When I was 9 I was rollerblading and a twig stuck between two wheels as I turned - my ankle got turn all the way around. On crutches for 3 weeks.
When I was 13 I broke my toe as I landed toes-first from a jumping front kick in Tae Kwon Do. Split the toe nail in half, too.
When I was 16 I stabbed myself with a very, very large knife in the side of hand while opening a can of beans. 16 stitches, and the hole was so deep you could see the ligaments for my fingers when I moved them.
That's all I can think of for now.
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Doing my best not to end up like Kathleen Chang.
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