I fell down the steps outside of the Shedd Aquarium this weekend. Wanna know the real reason? There was a little boy crying and then I noticed he was with a youngish guy and he was saying use your words and then the little boy started to use sign language to communicate and then I was thinking I wonder if he's non-verbal and whoah!!! That step came out of no where! Down I tumbled in front of hundreds of people, including my kids, husband and dad. Yes, I'm pretty much fine, just a little sore and sorely embarrassed.
Being clumsy is nothing new. I still have memories of being in Bermuda at age 5 ?(help me here, mom), looking around and bam! I walked into a pole. Oh, and there was that other time in 6th grade where I'm on a bike ride with friends. I'm gazing at the beautiful suburban landscape and man! Where did that parked car come from?? Why is this funny? People always laugh when others injure themselves in a somewhat stupid way, but I take this personally. It's not my fault I was born with the spacing out gene!
Don't worry, I'm a very good driver and have only gotten in a few minor collisions. My kids have never been to the hospital on my watch, although I have been twice since Nina was born, both for accidents that could have been avoided had I been paying attention or being more careful. Let's just hope the aquarium incident was the last and my luck will change. Sadly though, Nina is showing signs of the same disorder and has almost been run down by shopping carts several time. Maybe we do need to start believing in Jesus.
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Yikes--sorry about the fall--but sorry, LMAO at you because I always tell my kids about the time you walked into the pole!
Nina might still grow out of it--we used to call Matthew "flat hand" because he got his hand slammed in so many doors when he was little...and now...well up until I jinxed him by writing this he had been accident-free.
And now that you brought Jesus into it, I don't know if that's a jinx or a good thing!
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