The heart of the season is one of joy and celebration. It is a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus the Christ. It is a time when those that love the Lord. That is the heart of the season: Love! But the reality of the season is often something completely different. When we focus on things, money, being people pleasers, it often sends us into a downward spiral and the season that is supposed to be one of joy and love, becomes one tragedy and heartache.
The Accident!
The accident can be any number of things. The pictures and video are of car accidents, these often occur during the holidays because people are drinking and follow that up with driving. This is a no win situation for everyone involved, especially those that have to survive the loss or permanent injuries from said drunk driver. While television, movies and commercials all tend to want to glorify drinking. The reality is that it does no one any good. Sin after all is pleasurable for a season, but the reality is that drinking soon gets a hold of you, rather than you getting ahold of it.
The accident can also be a fire. House fires are more prominent than people think during the winter because of unattending candles, pets, dry trees and christmas lights that are too hot for their own good. Neither of these or any number of accidents are every planned, they just ‘happen’, which is why we call them accidents.
Burns And Other Winter Injuries!
Burns are one of those things that you don’t think about in the winter, but they occur all to often. Why and how? You can start with all the baking that people do that don’t normally back. Suddenly it’s time to bake cookies, cakes, pies, turkeys, family dinners and parties. Suddenly the kitchen has gone from being dormant to a place of much activity. The only problem is you’re rusty and forget things like oven mitts and you now have a third degree burn.
Then there’s the fireplace. You stand to close, have the stockings near the fire and well, poof you have your burn. That fun season is suddenly not so fun and you are spending more time at the doctors then you wish. Speaking of doctors, consider that when you have one of slip and fall that you can go to an urgent care (Boca Regional Urgent Care is wonderful in this area if you live in Florida), instead of your regular doctor. They will see you much faster and get you the attention and relief from pain that you experience do to any of these events.
Frostbite is another thing that you need to be conscious of. It happens faster then most people think. It takes a mere 30 minutes and damage can begin to occur. While this may not seem that short of a period of time, in children it can occur faster and the result be much more dangerous, even life threatening.
Minor Frostbite