For this picture I'm using two photos because they give me additional clues to that year. I know that it is my sisters birthday so that places these photos around June 3. I'm not even sure which year they are from though. There is only one envelope for fall'98 till 2000. I tried to count the candles, and I'm not sure, but I'm going to say these pictures were taken around 1999.
In the picture where my sister is opening gifts , my eyes are drawn to the bloodied bandage on my right forearm. I remember how that happened. We had friends over and they were chasing me. I think we were playing indoor/outdoor tag. I was trying to get out of our door which had a wooden frame with a thin glass window. The door must have been slippery or something because as I tried to push the door open my hand slipped and slid through the window. I don't remember the moment of it happening. It is like my memory skips. One moment I'm pushing the door open, and the next I'm screaming, I'm going to die! with blood streaming down my arm and a big chunk of glass embedded in my arm. I ended up going to the hospital, and getting three stitches.
I remember my Mom coming and calming me down. She quickly assessed the situation and talked me out of thinking I was going to die. Then she loaded me into the car and drove me to the emergency room. Once there she sat in operating room holding my other hand while the doctor put in three stitches on my right arm.
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