“He fell. Hard. We’ve called 911.”

I was terrified. His eyes were closed.

“What happened?”

“Severe concussion,” they say. Serious head trauma.

“CT is clear. No bleed. He needs rest.”

No contact sports. No TV. No colouring.

“Physical and cognitive rest.”

How do I possibly keep a six-year-old boy still?

Michelle is a freelance writer; who writes both fiction and non-fiction. She is a regular contributor to the Briar Crier Magazine, and has had her work featured recently in the Voice of the Farmer newspaper, and the Focus 50+ newspaper. In April 2016, she was shortlisted as a finalist at the Ontario Writers Conference Story Starters Contest.