Hitting the ground running has some very painful lessons
‘It was comically small, the uneven stone I tripped over, it was hilariously nothing – a centimetre or two maybe that the toe of my trainer must have caught on, but I flew somehow, quite high, and landed on my teeth and cheekbone.’‘It was comically small, the uneven stone I tripped over, it was hilariously nothing – a centimetre or two maybe that the toe of my trainer must have caught on, but I flew somehow, quite high, and landed on my teeth and cheekbone.
I was half-carried back home, spitting out chips of teeth, and everything looked as though I was seeing it through lace. What I was thinking at that moment was: how awful it would be if your everyday life was full of violence like this. I said, a few times, how lucky I was. And then, sitting on the carpeted stairs inside, I was suddenly shaking and sobbing.
This morning I went to the dentist. The swelling has almost gone, but my cheek and jaw are still a muted shade of mango. Five teeth are cracked, the dentist said, sighing as if they were his. He seemed, not angry with me exactly, more disappointed.
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