My sister Karin, usually known here as “Aunt Karin” wrote this story in an email to Ken and then decided to send it to me, too. I wanted to capture it here because it’s very funny because Reid is 6 instead of 16. I’m not considering that it might be foreshadowing anything.
On Tuesday, Dave called me at work and in a DEADLY CALM VOICE asks me If I’ve seen Shea’s nipple. Shea has had swollen lymph nodes due to mono so I thought great, now he has a swollen boob? I said, “No, I’ve haven’t seen it, what’s wrong?” Dave said, “He got his nipple pierced, I told him to pack his bags”, still calm. I said, “Dave, there’s worse things than that” then my phone rings and I have to go. I called Dave back when I could and said, “Calm down.” He said, “I’ve always been calm,” then he said “I guess there are worse things.”
Shea had been to Grand Bend overnight and a friend, who already has both nipples pierced, told Shea (who’s a big chicken) that if he got it done right then and there that he would pay for it. Shea asked the man how much it. When he found out it cost $100, he told his friend to pay and he would do it. I think he thought his friend would back down and if not then Shea would do it. I asked him who signed his permission form and he informed me that at 16 you don’t need parental permission for a piercing, but tattoos can’t be done without parental consent till age 18. Good to know!
Since your daughter is fast approaching her 16th birthday, I thought I’d share my story.