Glass
One day Tripp went walking without his shoes and stepped in a pile of broken glass. The doctor’s didn’t notice a piece that was still in his foot, so they stitched the wounds and sent him away. Tripp’s foot ached for many years after that incident. Sometimes an aspirin would help rid him of the pain for a while. Other occasions required something different, or even stronger for him to obtain some relief. And though the pain would leave his foot from time to time, the glass was still there.