Moms and Dads: Wear Your Helmet.

The single most effective safety device available to reduce head injury and death from bicycles crashes is the helmet. Thank you to Lakeshore Safekids for donating the bike helmets to Holland Hospital. That's where Ben got his new helmet!

Just last week Anne was noticing a family of bicyclists enjoying our lovely weather. All 3 children nicely helmeted, dad too was wearing his. But the mom was enjoying the breeze flow through her long hair.

Doctors say that the arc a 3 year old makes when falling from a bicycle can really do damage but consider the difference in weight and distance in the equation for an adult. You can bet it will affect the result. Adults you just gotta wear your helmets too. MOM! TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!! You are not the only one that can take care of your children but you are the best mom they have. If you can't do it for yourself then consider your powerful example in modeling helmet wearing to your children. You do hope they will wear their helmets as adults, right?

Now for the story. Ben is my child but he's a legal adult. He's very tall, in case you haven't met him: 6'8"+) He had a pretty serious bike accident on Saturday. When his front wheel came off (still a mystery) he broke his helmet on the bike path. So with a night in the hospital, we are grateful for the miracles of no broken bones and that he's still a brilliant guy. He's got an awful lot of stiches on his chin and lip.

Thank you to the neighbors who came to him first, thank you to the paramedics and Holland Hospital and all the doctors....we know you were all starting your week of holiday vacation....Thank you.

Yvette