I didn't know these pictures existed! A missionary friend of mine (Joy Ramsey) who grew up in Korea with me posted these on Facebook. The top picture shows all the missionaries on our compound sometime in the early 60's. The Ramsey family, Richardson, Parsley, and Chesshir family. I'm on the floor and in the middle with the nice manly tie! My brother Rand on my left and Ross Ramsey on my right got shafted and had to wear a bow tie! I did notice that my pants obviously weren't long enough...Almost to the last week before my father died, he would bring up and laugh about me having a broken leg when I was young. He always brought it up at the dinner table...especially when there were tons of people. It was one of those things that I knew would happen and sometimes I would try to guess when dad was about to bring it up.
This wasn't a cruel thing for me...just a little embarrassing. Why? Because a girl broke my leg! Yes...she made a great tackle as I was plowing through the massive crowd trying to make some yardage! She grabbed me and I twisted and I guess my leg stayed where she wanted it to stay...it snapped my femur bone and then my leg flopped around uncontrollable for awhile. A long stay in traction and then a long stay in a body cast. To this day...44 years later...my bone aches when the weather changes.
3 comments:
nice pictures and and great story - thanks for sharing!!!
Too cool! I liked reading the little newsletter piece as well.
that is awesome mark. You now have the memory of the broken leg world-wide and on the internet. Your Dad would be proud...sorry he isn't here to enjoy the moment. A memory for a lifetime...wish I had more of them. Of course you knew I would comment on this one. Those picture are priceles.
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