To all of you who have prayed and inquired about my newphew, Max, now 8 years old and in third grade \u2013 he is doing well through the miracle of your prayers. Of course last month in August, as he was rough-housing in his room, he caused something on a shelf to fall on his head at the exact same place as last year\u2019s frature. More ER, more angst. He\u2019s OK. My sister Emilie, Max\u2019s mom, tried to get the neurologist to tell Max to wear a helmet whenever he is on his bike or skateboard, but the doctor wouldn\u2019t fall for her maternal\u00a0manipulation. He told her after that she had to let him be a kid.<\/p>\n
No one knows the long-term consequences of his head crash injury as Max matures, but we hope and pray.<\/p>\n
Latest Max Story (this week, September 16)<\/strong><\/p>\n So my sister calls me and tells me this story.<\/p>\n I picked max up at school and he was eating a bag of cheese curls. As we drive off I ask him how his day went. He says, \u201cSo. I know about the tooth fairy.\u201d<\/p>\n I looked in the rear view mirror; there was orange all over his mouth and fingers; he was very intent on the cheese curls, munching\u2026.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat do you know about the tooth fairy?\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cThat she doesn\u2019t exist.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBut who takes your teeth and puts the money there?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou, mom. I found out.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHow did you find out?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI asked Ask.com.\u201d<\/p>\n Emilie told me she was speechless. She had no answer for that.<\/p>\n Munch, munch.<\/p>\n Then she said, \u201cDon\u2019t you think you should ask someone else, like that science show, Bill Nye The Science Guy\u00a0( that tests all this stuff) to see if it\u2019s real?\u201d<\/p>\n And Max said, \u201cWhat are you gonna do, Mom? Blow up the tooth fairy?\u201d<\/p>\n By this time Emilie had me laughing so hard on the phone\u2026. Then she told me that she told Max and the family that she wants to get a little cake on the anniversary of his accident and thank God that he is OK. When Max heard cake all he could think of was party and he starts all this planning (presents? He found a lot of money in those get well cards last year\u2026) I told her she should have just stuck with lighting a candle at church and saying a prayer\u2026.<\/p>\n Anyway, as you can see, Max appears to be doing very well. So many thanks for your prayers and kindness.<\/p>\n R\u00a0 9-19-09<\/p>\n \u00a0Max\u2019s head continues to do well\u2026. And he is still contributing to my workshop \u201ctool box\u201d with the stories my sister shares about him\u2026 Max just turned 8 and is in second grade.<\/p>\n Max and the News<\/strong><\/p>\n My sister told me that one morning a few weeks ago she found Max in front of the television crying. She asked him what was wrong and he said, \u201cThis is scary.\u201d She had to news turned to one of those\u00a0cable \u201cnews\u201d shows\u00a0that \u201crant\u201d.<\/p>\n The conversation went something like this:<\/p>\n \u201cMax, well, because people are already talking about these problems means that someone will take care of them. [Pause] do you feel better now?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMax. Mommy and Daddy know about these problems and we won\u2019t let anything bad happen to you. [Pause] Do you feel better now?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n Then Emilie got a bright idea.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat if we ask Jake (Max\u2019s brother, older by two years, who is Max\u2019s idol \u2013 except when they are fighting) if everything will be ok, will you feel better then?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n ______<\/p>\n Max, Jake and The Human Body exhibition<\/strong><\/p>\n Here\u2019s what my sister posted the other day on Facebook about their educational trip to the museum to see the exhibit about The Human Body:<\/p>\n \u201cYesterday me and the boys went to Baboa Park to see the Human Body Exhibit (real bodies)\u2026 thought it would be educational. All I heard was: \u201cthis is boring\u201d, \u201cI\u2019m thirsty\u201d, and \u201cJake look (giggle, giggle, laugh)\u201d. FYI most of the bodies were male. Max though it was hilarious. Jake said the Dinosaurs exhibit was more interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n As many of you know, I get my best media literacy material from my nephew and Godson, Max. His accident in October elicited prayers from so many generous people.<\/p>\n So I have decided to add a page to my blog dedicated to Max, media, religion\u00a0& pop culture stories (his older brother Jake also has some memorable lines, too).<\/p>\n Then just yesterday, Emilie sent this photo and email about an extraordinary encounter she and the boys had at their local Barnes and Noble bookstore. I just visited them this past weekend and we went to B&N three times (! My favorite Christmas gift after a Starbucks gift card is a B&N gift card!) and we only met other bookworms like us. Then yesterday this man and his son commented on Max\u2019s scar (from his crash into a tree):<\/p>\n Emilie wrote:<\/p>\n Hey All,<\/p>\n Today at Barnes and Noble in Encinitas a nice guy and his boy walked up to me and asked about Max. He introduced his son (Jake) and said that he had the exact same scar that Max has (his\u00a0was due to a surgery for seizures). \u00a0He wanted us to know that the hair will grow in and cover the scar, etc\u2026. Meanwhile, while talking I kept thinking: I know this guy\u2026<\/p>\n So, as we were saying \u201cgood bye: I said, \u201cI think I know you\u2026.\u201d And he said \u201cYeah, I am an actor\u201d and I said \u201cAgent Weiss (Greg Grunberg) from Alias<\/em> and the mind reader from Heroes<\/em>!\u201d and he nodded\u2026 and then I said (too loudly) \u201cI love you!\u201d (You know, meaning his characters in the show\u2026) He blushed and then I blurted out: \u201cWell, I don\u2019t love <\/em><\/strong>you, I don\u2019t even know you\u201d. His son was cracking up\u2026<\/p>\n I asked for a picture with Jake and Max in \u2026 the other boy is his son Jake. (Em gave me permission to post this photo).<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a PS from Emilie:<\/p>\n Max said as we were leaving B&N and within ear shot of Greg and his son, \u201cWhy are you making so big a deal out of that man?\u201d Max a year later To all of you who have prayed and inquired about my newphew, Max, now 8 years old and in third grade \u2013 he is doing well through the miracle of your prayers. Of course last month in August, as he was rough-housing in his room, he caused something on a shelf […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1122,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-399","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"agent-weiss\"](\"https:\/\/sisterrose.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/12\/agent-weiss.jpg\")
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\nIt was very cool.\u00a0 Greg Grunberg is a spokesperson for epilpsy.<\/p>\n
\nI tried to explain that he is an actor (like Jim Carrey, they had seen Yes Man<\/em>) and Max just said \u201cok\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"