The Saturday before Christmas, my wife and I were cleaning up the house for company the next day. My oldest was on the computer and my daughter was playing “chase” with her 3 year-old younger brother. I was switching out some laundry watching them whizzing by a couple of times when all of a sudden I hear….
“WHHHAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!” THUD. “WWWWHHHHAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
It wasn’t one of those “spilled milk screams.” It was one of those h pitched “death screams” that you check for shattered glass for afterwards.
(Uh oh.)
I got there before my wife did and as I’m coming through the room I see my daughter on her back holding her ankle. I’m thinking to myself she sprained her ankle or worse.
“Honey what’s wrong?”
She lifts her foot up and says “I stepped in it, I stepped in it, get it off of me!!” as she throws the bottom of her foot into my face. I took hold of her ankle because I know what is on the bottom of her foot…
I looked around the room and right next to her is a 3 year-old’s cow chip. At this point I realize she’s OK, but I’m about to throw up in my own mouth. I smiled and told her it’s OK. Suzy went and grabbed the diaper wipes. I cleaned up her foot and sent her hopping into the shower on one foot. I picked up the kid chip and cleaned the carpet while Suzy cleaned up the 3 year old.
While cleaning the carpet, I got to thinking that using the potty (and potty training) is like Chiropractic… those of us that already use it, understand the benefits and would never not use it. We look at those who don’t use it (or are working through the beginnings of using it) saying to them: “come on, you can do it; this is good for you, it’s much better for you than “going in your pants.”
Eventually everyone get’s it. Some take longer than others. Just keep bringing them in and sooner or later they’ll start going on their own.
Bring a friend to orientation (kicking and screaming like a potty training kid if you have to) to learn about how much better life is with Chiropractic.
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