The "Arrow in the Forehead" Story

It was an ordinary day. I was sitting in church with Carol and the kids on Sunday morning. Carol and I turned around in our seat to greet the Remleys who were in the pew behind us. Edie asked Carol what was the matter with my forehead and she explained that yesterday I was playing with the kids and a new bow and arrow we had just bought for them. The arrows had suction cups on them and you shot them at a metal target that we had fastened to a tree in the back yard. I started to clown around with them and stuck the suction cup in my mouth to get moisture on it and then pushed it hard on the middle of my forehead. Left it there for about 10 minutes while we were shooting at the target, then tried to pull it off. Really stuck! The suction cup was over one inch around and it really stuck!! Pulled harder and finally got it off. Well, it seemed to have done something to some of the blood vessels in my forehead and the spot stayed a bright red. And, by bedtime the spot was still bright red. And, Sunday morning the spot was still red. Good I didn't try that on the middle of my head. Wait, that's just what I did and it looked terrible! Carol put some makeup on it, but you could still see this big round spot. Edie burst out laughing as did others when they found out the dumb thing I did. I'm sure the rest of my face blended in with the red of the mark with all the laughter. Took a few days for it to go away, but to this day, and I mean as of this story, whenever I see Edie Remley, she holds her hand to her forehead and pulls like she is pulling an arrow off her head. Really funny, Edie!! It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.